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Psalm 78:9-11
New English Translation
Psalm 78:9-11
New English Translation
9 The Ephraimites[a] were armed with bows,[b]
but they retreated in the day of battle.[c]
10 They did not keep their covenant with God,[d]
and they refused to obey[e] his law.
11 They forgot what he had done,[f]
the amazing things he had shown them.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:9 tn Heb “the sons of Ephraim.” Ephraim probably stands here by synecdoche (part for whole) for the northern kingdom of Israel.
- Psalm 78:9 tn Heb “ones armed, shooters of bow.” It is possible that the term נוֹשְׁקֵי (nosheqey, “ones armed [with]”) is an interpretive gloss for the rare רוֹמֵי (rome, “shooters of”; on the latter see BDB 941 s.v. I רָמָה). The phrase נוֹשְׁקֵי קֶשֶׁת (nosheqe qeshet, “ones armed with a bow”) appears in 1 Chr 12:2; 2 Chr 17:17.
- Psalm 78:9 sn They retreated. This could refer to the northern tribes’ failure to conquer completely their allotted territory (see Judg 1), or it could refer generally to the typical consequence (military defeat) of their sin (see vv. 10-11).
- Psalm 78:10 tn Heb “the covenant of God.”
- Psalm 78:10 tn Heb “walk in.”
- Psalm 78:11 tn Heb “his deeds.”
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