1 tn The words “he said” are supplied in the translation to clarify that what follows is David’s vow.
2 tn Heb “the tent of my house.”
3 tn Heb “go up upon the bed of my couch.”
4 tn The Hebrew particle אִם (’im, “if”) and following prefixed verbal form here express a wish (see Pss 81:8; 95:7, as well as GKC 321 §109.b).
5 tn Heb “men of bloodshed.”