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 and expecting it, over night on the spot. This interpretation is the most natural, the simplest, and the one that harmonizes best not only with the text before us (the punctuation ישׂבּעוּ, not ישׂבּעוּ, gives the member of the clause the impress of being a protasis), but also with the situation. The poet describes the activity of his enemies, and that by completing or retouching the picture of their comparison to dogs: he himself is the food or prey for which they are so eager, and which they would not willingly allow to escape them, and which they nevertheless cannot get within their grasp. Their morbid desire remains unsatisfied: he, however, in the morning, is able to sing of the power of God, which protects him, and exultantly to praise God's loving-kindness, which satiates and satisfies him (Psa 90:14); for in the day of fear, which to him is now past, God was his inaccessible stronghold, his unapproachable asylum. To this God, then, even further the play of his harp shall be directed (אזמּרה), just as was his waiting or hoping (אשׁמרה, Psa 59:10).

=Psalm 60=

Drill Psalm after a Lost Battle
3 ELOHIM, Thou hast cast us off, Thou hast scattered us, Thou hast been angry, restore us again !

4 Thou hast made the land to tremble, Thou hast torn it

asunder, Heal its breaches, for it tottereth ! !

5 Thou hast made Thy people experience a hard thin", Thou hast given us wine to drink to intoxication.

6 Thou hast given those who fear Thee a banner

To lift themselves up on account of the truth. (Sela.)

7 In order that Thy beloved may be delivered Save now with Thy right hand and answer me ! I !

8 Elohim hath promised in His holiness :

I shall rejoice, I shall portion out Shechem, And measure out the valley of Succoth. ==[[Page:04.BCOT.KD.PoeticalBooks.vol.4.Writings.djv