Psalm 78.41 in Brian Simmons’ ‘Passion Translation’: did Israel wound the Holy One, as he pretends?

Psalm 78.41 reads: וַיָּשׁ֣וּבוּ וַיְנַסּ֣וּ אֵ֑ל וּקְדֹ֖ושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל הִתְווּ׃ The NASB, as an example of a normal translation, reads: Again and again they…

Psalm 14.7 in Brian Simmons’ ‘Passion Translation’: who does he think he is?

Psalm 14.7 reads: מִ֥י יִתֵּ֣ן מִצִּיֹּון֮ יְשׁוּעַ֪ת יִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥ל בְּשׁ֣וּב יְ֭הוָה שְׁב֣וּת עַמֹּ֑ו יָגֵ֥ל יַ֝עֲקֹ֗ב יִשְׂמַ֥ח יִשְׂרָֽאֵל׃ Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come…

Psalm 47.4 in Brian Simmons’ ‘Passion Translation’: Jacob replaced by ourselves in God’s affections

Psalm 47.4 reads (BHS): יִבְחַר־לָ֥נוּ אֶת־נַחֲלָתֵ֑נוּ אֶ֥ת גְּאֹ֨ון יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֲשֶׁר־אָהֵ֣ב סֶֽלָה׃ Let’s take this one word at a time: יִבְחַר  (yiḇḥar) is the third…