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Psalm 44:10-12
New English Translation
Psalm 44:10-12
New English Translation
10 You made us retreat[a] from the enemy.
Those who hate us take whatever they want from us.[b]
11 You handed us[c] over like sheep to be eaten;
you scattered us among the nations.
12 You sold[d] your people for a pittance;[e]
you did not ask a high price for them.[f]
Footnotes
- Psalm 44:10 tn Heb “you caused us to turn backward.”
- Psalm 44:10 tn Heb “plunder for themselves.” The prepositional phrase לָמוֹ (lamo, “for themselves”) here has the nuance “at their will” or “as they please” (see Ps 80:6).
- Psalm 44:11 tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
- Psalm 44:12 tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
- Psalm 44:12 tn Heb “for what is not wealth.”
- Psalm 44:12 tn Heb “you did not multiply their purchase prices.”
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