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Psalm 118:12
New English Translation
Psalm 118:12
New English Translation
12 They surrounded me like bees.
But they disappeared as quickly[a] as a fire among thorns.[b]
Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.
Footnotes
- Psalm 118:12 tn Heb “were extinguished.”
- Psalm 118:12 tn The point seems to be that the hostility of the nations (v. 10) is short-lived, like a fire that quickly devours thorns and then burns out. Some, attempting to create a better parallel with the preceding line, emend דֹּעֲכוּ (doʿakhu, “they were extinguished”) to בָּעֲרוּ (baʿaru, “they burned”). In that case the statement emphasizes their hostility.
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