51:14 Rescue me from the guilt of murder, 1 O God, the God who delivers me!
Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance. 2
103:12 As far as the eastern horizon 3 is from the west, 4
so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions 5 from us.
1 tn Heb “from bloodshed.” “Bloodshed” here stands by metonymy for the guilt which it produces.
2 tn Heb “my tongue will shout for joy your deliverance.” Another option is to take the prefixed verbal form as a jussive, “may my tongue shout for joy.” However, the pattern in vv. 12-15 appears to be prayer/request (see vv. 12, 14a, 15a) followed by promise/vow (see vv. 13, 14b, 15b).
3 tn Heb “sunrise.”
4 tn Or “sunset.”
5 tn The Hebrew term פֶּשַׁע (pesha’, rebellious act”) is here used metonymically for the guilt such actions produce.