78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail,
and their sycamore-fig trees with driving rain.
83:10 They were destroyed at Endor; 1
their corpses were like manure 2 on the ground.
94:13 in order to protect him from times of trouble, 3
until the wicked are destroyed. 4
105:33 He destroyed their vines and fig trees,
and broke the trees throughout their territory.
119:87 They have almost destroyed me here on the earth,
but I do not reject your precepts.
1 sn Endor is not mentioned in the accounts of Gideon’s or Barak’s victories, but both battles took place in the general vicinity of the town. (See Y. Aharoni and M. Avi-Yonah, The Macmillan Bible Atlas, 46, 54.) Because Sisera and Jabin are mentioned in v. 9b, many understand them to be the subject of the verbs in v. 10, though they relate v. 10 to Gideon’s victory, which is referred to in v. 9a, 11. (See, for example, Y. Aharoni, The Land of the Bible, 263.)
2 tn Heb “they were manure.” In addition to this passage, corpses are compared to manure in 2 Kgs 9:37; Jer 8:2; 9:21; 16:4; 25:33.
3 tn Heb “to give him rest from the days of trouble.”
4 tn Heb “until a pit is dug for the wicked.”