Psalms 78:65

But then the Lord awoke from his sleep; ¹  he was like a warrior in a drunken rage. ² 

Ps 7:6; Ps 44:23; Isa 42:13,14; Isa 51:9

¹ tn Heb “and the master awoke like one sleeping.” The Lord’s apparent inactivity during the time of judgment is compared to sleep.

² tn Heb “like a warrior overcome with wine.” The Hebrew verb רוּן (run, “overcome”) occurs only here in the OT. The phrase “overcome with wine” could picture a drunken warrior controlled by his emotions and passions (as in the present translation), or it could refer to a warrior who awakes from a drunken stupor.