In this strophe the psalmist speaks only of the fate of the wicked, whose plots against the righteous are useless, because Yahweh sees that his day is coming, that is, the day of the final punishment of the wicked will arrive soon. For a discussion of plots see 36.4.

For gnashes his teeth see comment at 35.16; and for “the LORD laughs” (Good News Translation) see 2.4 and comments. It should be noted that here the Hebrew has the title “Lord,” not the name Yahweh (as Revised Standard Version LORD wrongly has it).

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Reyburn, William D. A Handbook on the Book of Psalms. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1991. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .