Psalms 80:13
13The wild boars of the forest ruin it; ▼▼tn The Hebrew verb
כִּרְסֵם (
kirsem, “to eat away; to ruin”) occurs only here in the OT.
the insects ▼▼tn The precise referent of the Hebrew word translated “insects,” which occurs only here and in
Ps 50:11, is uncertain. Aramaic, Arabic, and Akkadian cognates refer to insects, such as locusts or crickets.
of the field feed on it.
