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The first strophe prays that God would at length put a judicial restraint upon the arrogance of ungodliness. Instead of חֹופִיעַ (a less frequent form of the imperative for הֹופֵעַ, Ges. §53, rem. 3) it was perhaps originally written הופיעה (Psa 80:2), the He of which has been lost owing to the He that follows. The plural נְקָמֹות signifies not merely single instances of taking vengeance (Eze 25:17, cf. supra Psa 18:48), but also intensively complete revenge or recompense (Jdg 11:36; 2Sa 4:8). The designation of God is similar to אֵל גְּמֻלֹות in Jer 51:56, and the anadiplosis is like Psa 94:3, Psa 94:23, Psa 93:1, Psa 93:3. הִנָּשֵׂא, lift Thyself up, arise, viz., in judicial majesty, calls to mind Psa 7:7. הֵשִׁיב גְּמוּל is construed with עַל (cf. לְ, Psa 28:4; 59:18) as in Joe 3:4. With גֵּאִים accidentally accord ἀγαυός and κύδεΐ γαίων in the epic poets.