Psalms 68:9

O God, you cause abundant showers to fall ¹  on your chosen people. ²  When they ³  are tired, you sustain them, ⁴ 

De 11:10-12,14; Ps 65:9-13; Ps 77:16,17; Ps 78:24-27; Eze 34:26

¹ tn The verb נוּף (nuf, “cause rain to fall”) is a homonym of the more common נוּף (“brandish”).

² tn Heb “[on] your inheritance.” This refers to Israel as God’s specially chosen people (see Pss 28:9; 33:12; 74:2; 78:62, 71; 79:1; 94:5, 14; 106:40). Some take “your inheritance” with what follows, but the vav (ו) prefixed to the following word (note וְנִלְאָה, vÿnil’ah) makes this syntactically unlikely.

³ tn Heb “it [is],” referring to God’s “inheritance.”

⁴ tn Heb “it,” referring to God’s “inheritance.”