[22:2] 1 tn Traditionally “is my rock”; CEV “mighty rock”; TEV “is my protector.” This metaphor pictures God as a rocky, relatively inaccessible summit, where one would be able to find protection from enemies. See 1 Sam 23:25, 28.
[22:2] 2 tn Traditionally “my fortress”; TEV “my strong fortress”; NCV “my protection.”
[22:32] 3 tn Or “for.” The translation assumes that כִּי (ki) is asseverative here.
[22:32] 4 tn Heb “rocky cliff,” which is a metaphor of protection.
[22:32] 5 tn The rhetorical questions anticipate the answer, “No one.” In this way the psalmist indicates that the
[22:47] 6 tn Elsewhere the construction חַי־יְהוָה (khay-yÿhvah) as used exclusively as an oath formula, but this is not the case here, for no oath follows. Here the statement is an affirmation of the
[22:47] 7 tn Heb “my rocky cliff,” which is a metaphor for protection.
[22:47] 8 tn Or “blessed [i.e., praised] be.”
[22:47] 9 tn Heb “the God of the rock of my deliverance.” The term צוּר (tsur, “rock”) is probably accidentally repeated from the previous line. The parallel version in Ps 18:46 has simply “the God of my deliverance.”
[22:47] 10 tn The words “as king” are supplied in the translation for clarification. In the Psalms the verb רוּם (rum, “be exalted”) when used of God, refers to his exalted position as king (Pss 99:2; 113:4; 138:6) and/or his self-revelation as king through his mighty deeds of deliverance (Pss 21:13; 46:10; 57:5, 11).
