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Psalm 85:2-4
New English Translation
Psalm 85:2-4
New English Translation
2 You pardoned[a] the wrongdoing of your people;
you forgave[b] all their sin. (Selah)
3 You withdrew all your fury;
you turned back from your raging anger.[c]
4 Restore us, O God our deliverer.
Do not be displeased with us.[d]
Footnotes
- Psalm 85:2 tn Heb “lifted up.”
- Psalm 85:2 tn Heb “covered over.”
- Psalm 85:3 tn Heb “the rage of your anger.” The phrase “rage of your anger” employs an appositional genitive. Synonyms are joined in a construct relationship to emphasize the single idea. For a detailed discussion of the grammatical point with numerous examples, see Y. Avishur, “Pairs of Synonymous Words in the Construct State (and in Appositional Hendiadys) in Biblical Hebrew,” Semitics 2 (1971): 17-81. See Pss 69:24; 78:49.
- Psalm 85:4 tn Heb “break your displeasure with us.” Some prefer to emend הָפֵר (hafer, “break”) to הָסֵר (haser, “turn aside”).
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