130:4 But 2 you are willing to forgive, 3
so that you might 4 be honored. 5
1 tn Heb “And it [the city] will be to me for a name for joy and for praise and for honor before all the nations of the earth which will hear of all the good things which I will do for them and which will be in awe and tremble for all the good things and all the peace [or prosperity] which I will do for them.” The long complex Hebrew sentence has been broken down to better conform with contemporary English style.
2 tn Or “surely.”
3 tn Heb “for with you [there is] forgiveness.”
4 tn Or “consequently you are.”
5 tn Heb “feared.”
6 tn Heb “David their king”; cf. NCV “the king from David’s family”; TEV “a descendant of David their king”; NLT “David’s descendant, their king.”
7 tn Heb “his goodness”; NLT “his good gifts.”
8 tn Heb “in the end of the days.” Cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NCV, NLT “in the last days.”
9 tn Grk “being unaware.”