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Psalms 118:12

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118:12 They surrounded me like bees.

But they disappeared as quickly 1  as a fire among thorns. 2 

Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.

1 tn Heb “were extinguished.”

2 tn The point seems to be that the hostility of the nations (v. 10) is short-lived, like a fire that quickly devours thorns and then burns out. Some, attempting to create a better parallel with the preceding line, emend דֹּעֲכוּ (doakhu, “they were extinguished”) to בָּעֲרוּ (baaru, “they burned”). In this case the statement emphasizes their hostility.



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