50:10 For every wild animal in the forest belongs to me,
as well as the cattle that graze on a thousand hills. 1
91:7 Though a thousand may fall beside you,
and a multitude on your right side,
it 2 will not reach you.
90:4 Yes, 3 in your eyes a thousand years
are like yesterday that quickly passes,
or like one of the divisions of the nighttime. 4
For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; 6 a prayer 7 of David written to instruct others. 8 It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down 9 12,000 Edomites 10 in the Valley of Salt. 11
60:1 O God, you have rejected us. 12
You suddenly turned on us in your anger. 13
Please restore us! 14
1 tn Heb “[the] animals on a thousand hills.” The words “that graze” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The term בְּהֵמוֹה (bÿhemot, “animal”) refers here to cattle (see Ps 104:14).
2 tn Apparently the deadly disease mentioned in v. 6b is the understood subject here.
3 tn Or “for.”
4 sn The divisions of the nighttime. The ancient Israelites divided the night into distinct periods, or “watches.”
4 sn Psalm 60. The psalmist grieves over Israel’s humiliation, but in response to God’s assuring word, he asks for divine help in battle and expresses his confidence in victory.
5 tn The Hebrew expression means “lily of the testimony.” It may refer to a particular music style or to a tune title.
6 tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word מִכְתָּם (miktam), which also appears in the heading to Pss 16, 56-59, is uncertain. HALOT 582-83 s.v. defines it as “inscription.”
7 tn Heb “to teach.”
8 tn In Josh 8:21 and Judg 20:48 the two verbs “turn back” and “strike down” are also juxtaposed. There they refer to a military counter-attack.
9 tn Heb “12,000 of Edom.” Perhaps one should read אֲרַם (’aram, “Aram”) here rather than אֱדוֹם (’edom, “Edom”).
10 sn The heading apparently refers to the military campaign recorded in 2 Sam 10 and 1 Chr 19.
11 sn You have rejected us. See Pss 43:2; 44:9, 23.
12 tn Heb “you broke out upon us, you were angry.”
13 tn The imperfect verbal form here expresses the psalmist’s wish or prayer.