68:9 O God, you cause abundant showers to fall 1 on your chosen people. 2
When they 3 are tired, you sustain them, 4
1 tn The verb נוּף (nuf, “cause rain to fall”) is a homonym of the more common נוּף (“brandish”).
2 tn Heb “[on] your inheritance.” This refers to Israel as God’s specially chosen people (see Pss 28:9; 33:12; 74:2; 78:62, 71; 79:1; 94:5, 14; 106:40). Some take “your inheritance” with what follows, but the vav (ו) prefixed to the following word (note וְנִלְאָה, vÿnil’ah) makes this syntactically unlikely.
3 tn Heb “it [is],” referring to God’s “inheritance.”
4 tn Heb “it,” referring to God’s “inheritance.”