36:14 He made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains. 2 36:15 The length of one curtain was forty-five feet, and the width of one curtain was six feet – one size for all eleven curtains. 36:16 He joined five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves. 36:17 He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set and fifty loops along the edge of the curtain that joined the second set. 36:18 He made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together so that it might be a unit. 3
45:13 The princess 4 looks absolutely magnificent, 5
decked out in pearls and clothed in a brocade trimmed with gold. 6
For the music director; according to the tune of “Lilies;” 8 by the Korahites, a well-written poem, 9 a love song.
45:1 My heart is stirred by a beautiful song. 10
I say, “I have composed this special song 11 for the king;
my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe.” 12
3:4 To the Lord I cried out, 13
and he answered me from his holy hill. 14 (Selah)
5:5 Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence; 15
you hate 16 all who behave wickedly. 17
1 tn The text simply uses a prepositional phrase, “with/in wisdom.” It seems to be qualifying “the women” as the relative clause is.
2 tn Heb “eleven curtains he made them.”
3 tn The construction uses the infinitive construct from the verb “to be” to express this purpose clause: “to be one,” or, “so that it might be a unit.”
4 tn Heb “[the] daughter of a king.”
5 tn Heb “[is] completely glorious.”
6 tc Heb “within, from settings of gold, her clothing.” The Hebrew term פְּנִימָה (pÿnimah, “within”), if retained, would go with the preceding line and perhaps refer to the bride being “within” the palace or her bridal chamber (cf. NIV, NRSV). Since the next two lines refer to her attire (see also v. 9b), it is preferable to emend the form to פְּנִינִיהָּ (“her pearls”) or to פְּנִינִים (“pearls”). The mem (מ) prefixed to “settings” is probably dittographic.
7 sn Psalm 45. This is a romantic poem celebrating the Davidic king’s marriage to a lovely princess. The psalmist praises the king for his military prowess and commitment to justice, urges the bride to be loyal to the king, and anticipates that the marriage will be blessed with royal offspring.
8 tn Heb “according to lilies.” “Lilies” may be a tune title or musical style, suggestive of romantic love. The imagery of a “lily” appears frequently in the Song of Solomon in a variety of contexts (see 2:1-2, 16; 4:5; 5:13; 6:2-3; 7:2).
9 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term מַשְׂכִּיל (maskil) is uncertain. See the note on the phrase “well-written song” in the superscription of Ps 42.
10 tn Heb “[with] a good word.” The “good word” probably refers here to the song that follows.
11 tn Heb “my works [are] for a king.” The plural “works” may here indicate degree, referring to the special musical composition that follows.
12 tn Heb “my tongue [is] a stylus of a skillful scribe.” Words flow from the psalmist’s tongue just as they do from a scribe’s stylus.
13 tn The prefixed verbal form could be an imperfect, yielding the translation “I cry out,” but the verb form in the next line (a vav [ו] consecutive with the preterite) suggests this is a brief narrative of what has already happened. Consequently the verb form in v. 4a is better understood as a preterite, “I cried out.” (For another example of the preterite of this same verb form, see Ps 30:8.) Sometime after the crisis arose, the psalmist prayed to the Lord and received an assuring answer. Now he confidently awaits the fulfillment of the divine promise.
14 sn His holy hill. That is, Zion (see Pss 2:6; 48:1-2). The psalmist recognizes that the
15 tn Heb “before your eyes.”
16 sn You hate. The
17 tn Heb “all the workers of wickedness.”