52:2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; 1
it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. 2
68:19 The Lord deserves praise! 3
Day after day 4 he carries our burden,
the God who delivers us. (Selah)
1 tn Heb “destruction your tongue devises.”
2 tn Heb “like a sharpened razor, doer of deceit.” The masculine participle עָשָׂה (’asah) is understood as a substantival vocative, addressed to the powerful man.
3 tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord.”
4 tn It is possible to take this phrase with what precedes (“The Lord deserves praise day after day”) rather than with what follows.