66:17 I cried out to him for help 1
and praised him with my tongue. 2
66:18 If I had harbored sin in my heart, 3
the Lord would not have listened.
66:19 However, God heard;
he listened to my prayer.
1 tn Heb “to him [with] my mouth I called.”
2 tn Heb “and he was extolled under my tongue.” The form רוֹמַם (romam) appears to be a polal (passive) participle from רוּם (rum, “be exalted”), but many prefer to read רוֹמָם, “high praise [was under my tongue]” (cf. NEB). See BDB 928 s.v. רוֹמָם.
3 tn Heb “sin if I had seen in my heart.”