89:49 Where are your earlier faithful deeds, 1 O Lord, 2
the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David? 3
89:50 Take note, O Lord, 4 of the way your servants are taunted, 5
and of how I must bear so many insults from people! 6
89:51 Your enemies, O Lord, hurl insults;
they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps. 7
1 sn The Lord’s faithful deeds are also mentioned in Pss 17:7 and 25:6.
2 tc Many medieval Hebrew
3 tn Heb “[which] you swore on oath to David by your faithfulness.”
4 tc Many medieval Hebrew
5 tn Heb “remember, O Lord, the taunt against your servants.” Many medieval Hebrew
6 tn Heb “my lifting up in my arms [or “against my chest”] all of the many, peoples.” The term רַבִּים (rabbim, “many”) makes no apparent sense here. For this reason some emend the text to רִבֵי (rivey, “attacks by”), a defectively written plural construct form of רִיב (riv, “dispute; quarrel”).
7 tn Heb “[by] which your enemies, O