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33 So he caused them to die unsatisfied[a]
and filled with terror.[b]
34 When he struck them down,[c] they sought his favor;[d]
they turned back and longed for God.
35 They remembered that God was their protector,[e]
and that God Most High[f] was their deliverer.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 78:33 tn Heb “and he ended in vanity their days.”
  2. Psalm 78:33 tn Heb “and their years in terror.”
  3. Psalm 78:34 tn Or “killed them,” that is, killed large numbers of them.
  4. Psalm 78:34 tn Heb “they sought him.”
  5. Psalm 78:35 tn Heb “my high rocky summit.”
  6. Psalm 78:35 sn The divine title “Most High” (עֶלְיוֹן ʿelyon) pictures God as the exalted ruler of the universe who vindicates the innocent and judges the wicked. See especially Pss 7:17; 9:2; 18:13; 21:7; 47:2.
  7. Psalm 78:35 tn Heb “redeemer”