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Psalm 78:65-67
New English Translation
Psalm 78:65-67
New English Translation
65 But then the Lord awoke from his sleep;[a]
he was like a warrior in a drunken rage.[b]
66 He drove his enemies back;
he made them a permanent target for insults.[c]
67 He rejected the tent of Joseph;
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:65 tn Heb “and the master awoke like one sleeping.” The Lord’s apparent inactivity during the time of judgment is compared to sleep.
- Psalm 78:65 tn Heb “like a warrior overcome with wine.” The Hebrew verb רוּן (run, “overcome”) occurs only here in the OT. The phrase “overcome with wine” could picture a drunken warrior controlled by his emotions and passions (as in the present translation), or it could refer to a warrior who awakes from a drunken stupor.
- Psalm 78:66 tn Heb “a permanent reproach he made them.”
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