40:17 I am oppressed and needy! 1
May the Lord pay attention to me! 2
You are my helper and my deliverer!
O my God, do not delay!
88:10 Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead?
Do the departed spirits 3 rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)
88:11 Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave,
or your faithfulness in the place of the dead? 4
88:12 Are your amazing deeds experienced 5 in the dark region, 6
or your deliverance in the land of oblivion? 7
5:35 While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler’s 8 house saying, “Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher any longer?” 5:36 But Jesus, paying no attention to what was said, told the synagogue ruler, “Do not be afraid; just believe.”
1 sn See Pss 35:10; 37:14.
2 tn The prefixed verbal form may be taken as a jussive of prayer (as in the present translation; cf. NIV) or as an imperfect, “The
3 tn Heb “Rephaim,” a term that refers to those who occupy the land of the dead (see Isa 14:9; 26:14, 19).
4 tn Heb “in Abaddon,” a name for Sheol. The noun is derived from a verbal root meaning “to perish,” “to die.”
5 tn Heb “known.”
6 tn Heb “darkness,” here a title for Sheol.
7 tn Heb “forgetfulness.” The noun, which occurs only here in the OT, is derived from a verbal root meaning “to forget.”
8 sn See the note on synagogue rulers in 5:22.