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Psalm 56:2-3
New English Translation
Psalm 56:2-3
New English Translation
2 Those who anticipate my defeat[a] attack me all day long.
Indeed,[b] many are fighting against me, O Exalted One.[c]
3 When[d] I am afraid,
I trust in you.
Footnotes
- Psalm 56:2 tn Heb “to those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 54:5; 59:10.
- Psalm 56:2 tn Or “for.”
- Psalm 56:2 tn Some take the Hebrew term מָרוֹם (marom, “on high; above”) as an adverb modifying the preceding participle and translate, “proudly” (cf. NASB; NIV “in their pride”). The present translation assumes the term is a divine title here. The Lord is pictured as enthroned “on high” in Ps 92:8. (Note the substantival use of the term in Isa 24:4 and see C. A. Briggs and E. G. Briggs (Psalms [ICC], 2:34), who prefer to place the term at the beginning of the next verse.)
- Psalm 56:3 tn Heb “[in] a day.”
Psalm 56:2-3
New International Version
Psalm 56:2-3
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