59:2 Deliver me from evildoers! 1
Rescue me from violent men! 2
59:4 Though I have done nothing wrong, 3 they are anxious to attack. 4
Spring into action and help me! Take notice of me! 5
1 tn Heb “from the workers of wickedness.”
2 tn Heb “from men of bloodshed.”
3 tn Heb “without sin.”
4 tn Heb “they run and they are determined.”
5 tn Heb “arise to meet me and see.” The Hebrew verb קָרָא (qara’, “to meet; to encounter”) here carries the nuance of “to help.”