39:8 Deliver me from all my sins of rebellion!
Do not make me the object of fools’ insults!
68:21 Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies,
the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion. 1
89:32 I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, 2
their sin by inflicting them with bruises. 3
1 tn Heb “the hairy forehead of the one who walks about in his guilt.” The singular is representative.
2 tn Heb “I will punish with a club their rebellion.”
sn Despite the harsh image of beating…with a club, the language reflects a father-son relationship (see v. 30; 2 Sam 7:14). According to Proverbs, a שֵׁבֶט (shevet, “club”) was sometimes utilized to administer corporal punishment to rebellious children (see Prov 13:24; 22:15; 23:13-14; 29:15).
3 tn Heb “with blows their sin.”