26:11 “‘I will put my tabernacle 1 in your midst and I will not abhor you. 2 26:12 I will walk among you, and I will be your God and you will be my people.
68:18 You ascend on high, 5
you have taken many captives. 6
You receive tribute 7 from 8 men,
including even sinful rebels.
Indeed the Lord God lives there! 9
12:6 Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion,
for the Holy One of Israel 10 acts mightily 11 among you!”
12:2 Look, God is my deliverer! 12
I will trust in him 13 and not fear.
For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; 14
he has become my deliverer.” 15
1:16 for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him – all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, 16 whether principalities or powers – all things were created through him and for him.
1 tn LXX codexes Vaticanus and Alexandrinus have “my covenant” rather than “my tabernacle.” Cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV “my dwelling.”
2 tn Heb “and my soul [נֶפֶשׁ, nefesh] will not abhor you.”
3 tn Heb “give [over] your enemies.”
4 tn Heb “nakedness of a thing”; NLT “any shameful thing.” The expression עֶרְוַת דָּבָר (’ervat davar) refers specifically to sexual organs and, by extension, to any function associated with them. There are some aspects of human life that are so personal and private that they ought not be publicly paraded. Cultically speaking, even God is offended by such impropriety (cf. Gen 9:22-23; Lev 18:6-12, 16-19; 20:11, 17-21). See B. Seevers, NIDOTTE 3:528-30.
5 tn Heb “to the elevated place”; or “on high.” This probably refers to the Lord’s throne on Mount Zion.
6 tn Heb “you have taken captives captive.”
7 tn Or “gifts.”
8 tn Or “among.”
9 tn Heb “so that the
10 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
11 tn Or “is great” (TEV). However, the context emphasizes his mighty acts of deliverance (cf. NCV), not some general or vague character quality.
12 tn Or “salvation” (KJV, NIV, NRSV).
13 tn The words “in him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
14 tc The Hebrew text has, “for my strength and protection [is] the Lord, the Lord (Heb “Yah, Yahweh).” The word יְהוָה (yehvah) is probably dittographic or explanatory here (note that the short form of the name [יָהּ, yah] precedes, and that the graphically similar וַיְהִי [vayÿhi] follows). Exod 15:2, the passage from which the words of v. 2b are taken, has only יָהּ. The word זִמְרָת (zimrat) is traditionally understood as meaning “song,” in which case one might translate, “for the Lord gives me strength and joy” (i.e., a reason to sing); note that in v. 5 the verb זָמַר (zamar, “sing”) appears. Many recent commentators, however, have argued that the noun is here instead a homonym, meaning “protection” or “strength.” See HALOT 274 s.v. III *זמר.
15 tn Or “salvation” (so many English versions, e.g., KJV, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “my savior.”
16 tn BDAG 579 s.v. κυριότης 3 suggests “bearers of the ruling powers, dominions” here.
17 tn Or “dwelling place”; traditionally, “tabernacle”; literally “tent.”
18 tn Or “people”; Grk “men” (ἀνθρώπων, anqrwpwn), a generic use of the term. In the translation “human beings” was used here because “people” occurs later in the verse and translates a different Greek word (λαοί, laoi).
19 tn Grk “men, and he.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
20 tc ‡ Most