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12 In wrath you marched on the earth,
    in fury you trampled the nations.
13 You came forth to save your people,
    to save your anointed one.[a]
You crushed the back of the wicked,
    you laid him bare, bottom to neck.
Selah

14 [b]You pierced his head with your shafts;
    his princes you scattered with your stormwind,
    as food for the poor in unknown places.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:13 Your anointed one: the theocratic king, the head of God’s people. The back of the wicked: this may refer both to God’s cosmic enemy, River/Sea, and to the leader of Israel’s historical enemy.
  2. 3:14 The last two lines of this verse are obscure in Hebrew and difficult to translate.

12 In wrath you strode through the earth
    and in anger you threshed(A) the nations.
13 You came out(B) to deliver(C) your people,
    to save your anointed(D) one.
You crushed(E) the leader of the land of wickedness,
    you stripped him from head to foot.
14 With his own spear you pierced his head
    when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,(F)
gloating as though about to devour
    the wretched(G) who were in hiding.

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