Psalm 89:32-34

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Psalm 89:32 tn Heb “I will punish with a club their rebellion.”sn Despite the harsh image of beating…with a club, the language reflects a father-son relationship (see v. 30; 2 Sam 7:14). According to Proverbs, a שֵׁבֶט (shevet, “club”) was sometimes utilized to administer corporal punishment to rebellious children (see Prov 13:24; 22:15; 23:13-14; 29:15).
2. Psalm 89:32 tn Heb “with blows their sin.”
3. Psalm 89:33 tn Heb “break”; “make ineffectual.” Some prefer to emend אָפִיר (ʾafir; the Hiphil of פָּרַר, parar, “to break”) to אָסִיר (ʾasir; the Hiphil of סוּר, sur, “to turn aside”), a verb that appears in 2 Sam 7:15.
4. Psalm 89:33 tn Heb “and I will not deal falsely with my faithfulness.”
5. Psalm 89:34 tn Or “desecrate.”
6. Psalm 89:34 tn Heb “and what proceeds out of my lips I will not alter.”