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Psalm 68:22-24
New English Translation
Psalm 68:22-24
New English Translation
22 The Lord says,
“I will retrieve them[a] from Bashan.
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
23 so that your feet may stomp[b] in their blood,
and your dogs may eat their portion of the enemies’ corpses.”[c]
24 They[d] see your processions, O God—
the processions of my God, my king, who marches along in holy splendor.[e]
Footnotes
- 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.”
- Psalm 68:24 tn The subject is probably indefinite, referring to bystanders in general who witness the procession.
- Psalm 68:24 tn The Hebrew text has simply “in holiness.” The words “who marches along” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
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