Psalm 60:1

New English Translation

60 O God, you have rejected us.^[h]
You suddenly turned on us in your anger.^[i]
Please restore us!^[j]

Psalm 60:1 sn Psalm 60. The psalmist grieves over Israel’s humiliation, but in response to God’s assuring word, he asks for divine help in battle and expresses his confidence in victory.
Psalm 60:1 tn The Hebrew expression means “lily of the testimony.” It may refer to a particular music style or to a tune title.
Psalm 60:1 tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word מִכְתָּם (miktam), which also appears in the heading to Pss 16, 56-59, is uncertain. HALOT 582-83 s.v. defines it as “inscription.”
Psalm 60:1 tn Heb “to teach.”
Psalm 60:1 tn In Josh 8:21 and Judg 20:48 the two verbs “turn back” and “strike down” are also juxtaposed. There they refer to a military counter-attack.
Psalm 60:1 tn Heb “12,000 of Edom.” Perhaps one should read אֲרַם (’aram, “Aram”) here rather than אֱדוֹם (’edom, “Edom”).
Psalm 60:1 sn The heading apparently refers to the military campaign recorded in 2 Sam 10 and 1 Chr 19.
Psalm 60:1 sn You have rejected us. See Pss 43:2; 44:9, 23.
Psalm 60:1 tn Heb “you broke out upon us, you were angry.”
Psalm 60:1 tn The imperfect verbal form here expresses the psalmist’s wish or prayer.

2 Samuel 8:13

New English Translation

¹³David became famous^[a] when he returned from defeating the Edomites^[b] in the Valley of Salt; he defeated^[c] 18,000 in all.

2 Samuel 8:13 tn Heb “made a name.”
2 Samuel 8:13 tc See the note on “Aram” in v. 12.
2 Samuel 8:13 tn The words “he defeated” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁴He placed garrisons throughout Edom,^[a] and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. The Lord protected David wherever he campaigned.

2 Samuel 8:14 tc The MT is repetitious here: “He placed in Edom garrisons; in all Edom he placed garrisons.” The Vulgate lacks “in all Edom”; most of the Greek tradition (with the exception of the Lucianic recension and the recension of Origen) and the Syriac Peshitta lack “he placed garrisons.” The MT reading appears here to be the result of a conflation of variant readings.