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Psalm 68:21-23
New English Translation
Psalm 68:21-23
New English Translation
21 Indeed, God strikes the heads of his enemies,
the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion.[a]
22 The Lord says,
“I will retrieve them[b] from Bashan.
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
23 so that your feet may stomp[c] in their blood,
and your dogs may eat their portion of the enemies’ corpses.”[d]
Footnotes
- Psalm 68:21 tn Heb “the hairy forehead of the one who walks about in his guilt.” The singular is representative.
- Psalm 68:22 tn That is, the enemies mentioned in v. 21. Even if they retreat to distant regions, God will retrieve them and make them taste his judgment.
- Psalm 68:23 tc Some (e.g. NRSV) prefer to emend מָחַץ (makhats, “smash; stomp”; see v. 21) to רָחַץ (rakhats, “bathe”; see Ps 58:10).
- Psalm 68:23 tn Heb “[and] the tongue of your dogs from [the] enemies [may eat] its portion.”
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