Rom 15:3: "The insults of those who insult You" (Ps 69:9)
Says Rom 15:3 cites Scripture (καθὼς γέγραπται): Οἱ ὀνειδισμοὶ τῶν ὀνειδιζόντων σε ἐπέπεσαν ἐπʼ ἐμέ ("The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me," BSB). The words are the second line of Ps 69:9 (MT 69:10; Swete 68:10).
Says The Hebrew is וְחֶרְפּוֹת חוֹרְפֶיךָ נָפְלוּ עָלָי ("the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me," BSB). חֶרְפּוֹת ("reproach," BDB p. 357) is feminine plural; חוֹרְפֶיךָ is a Qal masculine plural participle with a second masculine singular suffix, "those reproaching you"; נָפְלוּ is a third plural perfect; עָלָי is "on me."
Says Swete has οἱ ὀνειδισμοὶ τῶν ὀνειδιζόντων σε ἐπέπεσαν ἐπ’ ἐμέ, word for word Paul's Greek. The Greek keeps the Hebrew plurals, the singular "you," and the past tense; the apparatus has no entry at this line.
Implies In the psalm the speaker bears reproach aimed at God ("you"); Paul gives the words to Christ, who did not please himself (15:3a) but took that reproach on himself.
Uncertain Whether Paul reads the psalm as David's words fulfilled in Christ or as Christ speaking in the psalm is not settled by the wording. No lean is taken here.
See also xref.Rom.11.9-Rom.11.10.Ps.69.22-Ps.69.23.heb and the exegetical note (note.exegetical.Rom.15.1-Rom.15.6.bear-and-glorify).
Claims
- SaysRom 15:3 cites Scripture (καθὼς γέγραπται): Οἱ ὀνειδισμοὶ τῶν ὀνειδιζόντων σε ἐπέπεσαν ἐπʼ ἐμέ, the second line of Ps 69:9 (MT 69:10; Swete 68:10).
- SaysThe Hebrew is וְחֶרְפּוֹת חוֹרְפֶיךָ נָפְלוּ עָלָי: חֶרְפּוֹת feminine plural; חוֹרְפֶיךָ Qal masculine plural participle with second masculine singular suffix; נָפְלוּ third plural perfect; עָלָי "on me."
- SaysSwete Ps 68:10 has οἱ ὀνειδισμοὶ τῶν ὀνειδιζόντων σε ἐπέπεσαν ἐπ’ ἐμέ, word for word Paul's Greek, keeping the Hebrew plurals, the singular "you" and the past tense; no apparatus entry at this line.
- ImpliesIn the psalm the speaker bears reproach aimed at God; Paul gives the words to Christ, who did not please himself but took that reproach on himself.
- UncertainWhether Paul reads the psalm as David's words fulfilled in Christ or as Christ speaking in the psalm is not settled by the wording. No lean.
Citations
- OSHB CC BY 4.0 Ps 69:10 MT (וְחֶרְפּוֹת morph HC/Ncfpc; חוֹרְפֶיךָ morph HVqrmpc/Sp2ms; נָפְלוּ morph HVqp3cp; עָלָי morph HR/Sp1cs)
- BDB CC BY 4.0 חֶרְפָּה (H2781), p. 357, entry h.fz.ab
- LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0 Ps 68:10 (vol. 2 p. 300; apparatus: "καταφαγεται] κατεφαγε B^b κατεφαγεν ℵ^c.a R", nothing at the second line). LXX read on the Swete page image, vol. 2 (1896), p. 300.
- SBLGNT CC BY 4.0 Rom 15:3
- BSB public domain Rom 15:3; Ps 69:9
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