Psalm 68:31

Footnotes

1. 71 This noun, which occurs only here in the OT, apparently means “red cloth” or “bronze articles” (see חַשְׁמַן; cf. “tribute”). Traditionally the word has been taken to refer to “nobles” (see 365 חַשְׁמַן; cf. “envoys”). Another option would be to emend the text to הַשְׁמַנִּים (hashmannim, “the robust ones,” i.e., leaders).
2. 72 Heb “Cush.”
3. 73 Heb “causes its hands to run,” which must mean “quickly stretches out its hands” (to present tribute).