Psalm 37/Notes/Grammar.vv. 16-17.287290
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v. 17: The participle סוֹמֵךְ could either be an active predicative participle ("YHWH is supporting the righteous", as in v. 18a; cf. LXX: ὑποστηρίζει, most modern translations) or a nominalized constituent functioning as the predicate complement ("YHWH is the supporter of the righteous"). The word order suggests the latter. A predicate-complement—subject word order is easier to explain than a verb—object—subject word order.