50:9 I do not need to take 1 a bull from your household
or goats from your sheepfolds.
78:70 He chose David, his servant,
and took him from the sheepfolds.
68:13 When 2 you lie down among the sheepfolds, 3
the wings of the dove are covered with silver
and with glittering gold. 4
1 tn Or “I will not take.”
2 tn Or “if.”
3 tn The meaning of the Hebrew word translated “sheepfolds” is uncertain. There may be an echo of Judg 5:16 here.
4 tn Heb “and her pinions with the yellow of gold.”
sn The point of the imagery of v. 13 is not certain, though the reference to silver and gold appears to be positive. Both would be part of the loot carried away from battle (see v. 12b).