Psalms 9:15

9:15 The nations fell into the pit they had made;

their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.

Psalms 25:15

25:15 I continually look to the Lord for help,

for he will free my feet from the enemy’s net.

Psalms 45:5

45:5 Your arrows are sharp

and penetrate the hearts of the king’s enemies.

Nations fall at your feet.

Psalms 68:23

68:23 so that your feet may stomp in their blood,

and your dogs may eat their portion of the enemies’ corpses.”


tn Heb “sank down.”

sn The hostility of the nations against God’s people is their downfall, for it prompts God to intervene and destroy them. See also Ps 7:15-16.

tn Heb “my eyes continually [are] toward the Lord.”

tn Heb “for he will bring out from a net my feet.” The hostility of the psalmist’s enemies is probably in view (see v. 19).

tn Heb “your arrows are sharp – peoples beneath you fall – in the heart of the enemies of the king.” The choppy style reflects the poet’s excitement.

tc Some (e.g. NRSV) prefer to emend מָחַץ (makhats, “smash; stomp”; see v. 21) to רָחַץ (rakhats, “bathe”; see Ps 58:10).

tn Heb “[and] the tongue of your dogs from [the] enemies [may eat] its portion.”