Psa 68:9 | NET2full | STEP | O God , you cause abundant showers to fall on your chosen people . When they are tired , you sustain them,

‏ Psalms 68:9

9 O God, you cause abundant showers to fall ^{▼▼tn The verb נוּף (nuf, “cause rain to fall”) is a homonym of the more common נוּף (“brandish”).} on your chosen people. ^{▼▼tn Heb “[on] your inheritance.” This refers to Israel as God’s specially chosen people (see Pss 28:9; 33:12; 74:2; 78:62, 71; 79:1; 94:5, 14; 106:40). Some take “your inheritance” with what follows, but the vav (ו) prefixed to the following word (note וְנִלְאָה, venilʾah) makes this syntactically unlikely.}
When they ^{▼▼tn Heb “it [is],” referring to God’s “inheritance.”} are tired, you sustain them, ^{▼▼tn Heb “it,” referring to God’s “inheritance.”}