6:6 I am exhausted as I groan;
all night long I drench my bed in tears; 1
my tears saturate the cushion beneath me. 2
65:10 You saturate 3 its furrows,
and soak 4 its plowed ground. 5
With rain showers you soften its soil, 6
and make its crops grow. 7
1 tn Heb “I cause to swim through all the night my bed.”
2 tn Heb “with my tears my bed I flood/melt.”
3 tn Heb “saturating” [the form is an infinitive absolute].
4 tn Heb “flatten, cause to sink.”
5 tn Heb “trenches,” or “furrows.”
6 tn Heb “soften it,” that is, the earth.
7 tn Heb “its vegetation you bless.” Divine “blessing” often involves endowing an object with special power or capacity.