6:9 The Lord has heard my appeal for mercy;
the Lord has accepted 1 my prayer.
6:10 May all my enemies be humiliated 2 and absolutely terrified! 3
May they turn back and be suddenly humiliated!
1 tn The prefixed verbal form is probably a preterite here; it is parallel to a perfect and refers to the fact that the
2 tn The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse are understood as jussives. The psalmist concludes his prayer with an imprecation, calling judgment down on his enemies.
3 tn Heb “and may they be very terrified.” The psalmist uses the same expression in v. 3 to describe the terror he was experiencing. Now he asks the