

[1:12] 1 tc Heb “before.” Many medieval Hebrew manuscripts read “to.”
[2:9] 2 tn Heb “guards the feet of.” The expression means that God watches over and protects the godly in all of their activities and movements. The imperfect verbal forms in v. 9 are understood as indicating what is typically true. Another option is to translate them with the future tense. See v. 10b.
[2:9] 3 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew