sha.rar denotes hostile people who prompt fear, opposition, or a plea for protection in the Psalms.

The attested use identifies hostile people in contexts of danger and opposition: a prayer for a level path, deliverance from distress, fear, a plea to bring opponents down, and denunciation of deceitful speech.

1. Hostile opponents in prayer and conflict · dominant

   The plural construct form occurs where the speaker asks to be led on a level path because of such people in Psalm 27:11 and looks upon them after deliverance in Psalm 54:7. The same form stands in verses of fear, a request that opponents be brought down, and speech characterized as not upright in Psalm 56:3, Psalm 59:11, and Psalm 5:9; in Psalm 27:11 and Psalm 54:7 the APB renders the relevant clause with “enemies.”

   Psalm 27:11Psalm 54:7Psalm 56:3Psalm 59:11Psalm 5:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “enemies” in Psalm 27:11 and Psalm 54:7. In Psalm 56:3, Psalm 59:11, and Psalm 5:9, the translation presents fear, opponents, or corrupt speech without a clearly isolable English rendering for this term.