Psalm 110/Notes/Lexical.V. 7.421381

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  • YHWH drinks from a wadi. A wadi is "a relatively steep and narrow valley following the course of a stream, which is often dry, except for the rainy season" (SDBH). In the larger poetic structure of the psalm, the mention of a wadi in v. 7 parallels the mention of "dew" in v. 4. See the visual in the notes for v. 4.
  • He will lift his head. Lifting one's head is a gesture of victorious triumph and renewed confidence.[1] The lifted head in v. 7 contrasts starkly with the smashed heads in vv. 5-6.
  1. ↑ Ps. 27:6 – וְעַתָּ֨ה יָר֪וּם רֹאשִׁ֡י עַ֤ל אֹֽיְבַ֬י סְֽבִיבוֹתַ֗י. See also the Neo-Sumerian royal hymn: "Upon a royal seat which may not be overthrown, he let him raise (his) head heavenward" (COS 1.172, "The Birth of Shulgi in the Temple of Nippur").