23:28 Their job was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the Lord’s temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God’s temple. 1 23:29 They also took care of 2 the bread that is displayed, the flour for offerings, the unleavened wafers, the round cakes, the mixing, and all the measuring. 3
22:14 My strength drains away like water; 4
all my bones are dislocated;
my heart 5 is like wax;
it melts away inside me.
12:27 “Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? ‘Father, deliver me 6 from this hour’? 7 No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour. 8
1 tn Heb “For their assignment was at the hand of the sons of Aaron for the work of the house of the
2 tn Heb “with respect to.”
3 tn The Hebrew terms מְשׂוּרָה (mÿsurah) and מִדָּה (middah) refer to different types of measurements.
4 tn Heb “like water I am poured out.”
5 sn The heart is viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s strength and courage.
6 tn Or “save me.”
7 tn Or “this occasion.”
8 tn Or “this occasion.”