83:4 They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! 1
Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”
88:5 adrift 2 among the dead,
like corpses lying in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
and who are cut off from your power. 3
שׂ/שׁ (Sin/Shin)
119:161 Rulers pursue me for no reason,
yet I am more afraid of disobeying your instructions. 4
1 tn Heb “we will cause them to disappear from [being] a nation.”
2 tn Heb “set free.”
3 tn Heb “from your hand.”
4 tn Heb “and because of your instructions my heart trembles.” The psalmist’s healthy “fear” of the consequences of violating God’s instructions motivates him to obey them. See v. 120.