Psalms 106:26-27
26 So he made a solemn vow ▼
▼tn Heb “and he lifted his hand to [or “concerning”] them.” The idiom “to lift a hand” here refers to swearing an oath. One would sometimes solemnly lift one’s hand when making such a vow (see Ezek 20:5-6, 15).
that he would make them die ▼
▼tn Heb “to cause them to fall.”
in the wilderness, 27 make their descendants ▼
▼tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”
die ▼▼tn Heb “and to cause their offspring to fall.” Some emend the verb to “scatter” to form tighter parallelism with the following line (cf. NRSV “disperse”).
among the nations, and scatter them among foreign lands. ▼
▼tn Heb “among the lands.” The word “foreign” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
Copyright information for
NET2full