7:11 God is a just judge;
he is angry throughout the day. 1
37:13 The Lord laughs in disgust 2 at them,
for he knows that their day is coming. 3
71:8 I praise you constantly
and speak of your splendor all day long. 4
73:14 I suffer all day long,
and am punished every morning.”
88:17 They surround me like water all day long;
they join forces and encircle me. 5
89:16 They rejoice in your name all day long,
and are vindicated 6 by your justice.
מ (Mem)
119:97 O how I love your law!
All day long I meditate on it.
121:6 The sun will not harm you by day,
or the moon by night. 7
145:2 Every day I will praise you!
I will praise your name continually! 8
1 tn Heb “God (the divine name אֵל [’el] is used) is angry during all the day.” The verb זֹעֵם (zo’em) means “be indignant, be angry, curse.” Here God’s angry response to wrongdoing and injustice leads him to prepare to execute judgment as described in the following verses.
2 tn Heb “laughs.” As the next line indicates, this refers to derisive laughter (see 2:4). The Hebrew imperfect verbal form describes the action from the perspective of an eye-witness who is watching the divine response as it unfolds before his eyes.
3 tn Heb “for he sees that his day is coming.” As the following context makes clear (vv. 15, 17, 19-20), “his day” refers to the time when God will destroy evildoers.
3 tn Heb “my mouth is filled [with] your praise, all the day [with] your splendor.”
4 tn Heb “they encircle me together.”
5 tn Heb “are lifted up.”
6 sn One hardly thinks of the moon’s rays as being physically harmful, like those of the sun. The reference to the moon may simply lend poetic balance to the verse, but it is likely that the verse reflects an ancient, primitive belief that the moon could have an adverse effect on the mind (note the English expression “moonstruck,” which reflects such a belief). Another possibility is that the sun and moon stand by metonymy for harmful forces characteristic of the day and night, respectively.
7 tn Or, hyperbolically, “forever.”