Psalm 88/Notes/Phrasal.V. 17.416653
From Psalms: Layer by Layer
- v. 17: חֲרוֹנֶיךָ
- For the paraphrase "outbursts of wrath", cf. comment for חֲמָתֶךָ in v. 8 above.
- v. 17: עָלַי
- In addition to the concrete spatial sense of the preposition על, definitely an element in the picture depicted in this verse, it often has a nuance of hostility, e.g., עָלָיו עָלָה שַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶר מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר in 2 Kgs 17:3 (cf. Waltke & O’Conner §11.2.13.14).