Genesis 49:6

49:6 O my soul, do not come into their council,

do not be united to their assembly, my heart, ¹ 

for in their anger they have killed men,

and for pleasure they have hamstrung oxen.

Jude 1:21

1:21 maintain ²  yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating ³  the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life. ⁴ 

Psalms 16:2

16:2 I say to the Lord, “You are the Lord,

my only source of well-being.” ⁵ 

Psalms 42:5-6

42:5 Why are you depressed, ⁶  O my soul? ⁷ 

Why are you upset? ⁸ 

Wait for God!

For I will again give thanks

to my God for his saving intervention. ⁹ 

42:6 I am depressed, ¹⁰ 

so I will pray to you while I am trapped here in the region of the upper Jordan, ¹¹ 

from Hermon, ¹²  from Mount Mizar. ¹³ 

Psalms 103:1

Psalm 103 ¹⁴ 

By David.

103:1 Praise the Lord, O my soul!

With all that is within me, praise ¹⁵  his holy name!

Psalms 116:7

116:7 Rest once more, my soul, ¹⁶ 

for the Lord has vindicated you. ¹⁷ 

Psalms 146:1

Psalm 146 ¹⁸ 

146:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord, O my soul!

[49:6]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text reads “my glory,” but it is preferable to repoint the form and read “my liver.” The liver was sometimes viewed as the seat of the emotions and will (see HALOT 456 s.v. II כָּבֵד) for which the heart is the modern equivalent.

[1:21]  ² tn Or “keep.”

[1:21]  ³ tn Or “waiting for.”

[1:21]  ⁴ tn Grk “unto eternal life.”

[16:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “my good [is] not beyond you.” For the use of the preposition עַל (’al) in the sense of “beyond,” see BDB 755 s.v. 2.

[42:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “Why do you bow down?”

[42:5]  ⁷ sn For poetic effect the psalmist addresses his soul, or inner self.

[42:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “and [why] are you in turmoil upon me?” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive here carries on the descriptive present nuance of the preceding imperfect. See GKC 329 §111.t.

[42:5]  ⁹ tc Heb “for again I will give him thanks, the saving acts of his face.” The verse division in the Hebrew text is incorrect. אֱלֹהַי (’elohay, “my God”) at the beginning of v. 7 belongs with the end of v. 6 (see the corresponding refrains in 42:11 and 43:5, both of which end with “my God” after “saving acts of my face”). The Hebrew term פָּנָיו (panayv, “his face”) should be emended to פְּנֵי (pÿney, “face of”). The emended text reads, “[for] the saving acts of the face of my God,” that is, the saving acts associated with God’s presence/intervention.

[42:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “my God, upon me my soul bows down.” As noted earlier, “my God” belongs with the end of v. 6.

[42:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan.” “Remember” is here used metonymically for prayer (see vv. 8-9). As the next line indicates, the region of the upper Jordan, where the river originates, is in view.

[42:6]  ¹² tc Heb “Hermons.” The plural form of the name occurs only here in the OT. Some suggest the plural refers to multiple mountain peaks (cf. NASB) or simply retain the plural in the translation (cf. NEB), but the final mem (ם) is probably dittographic (note that the next form in the text begins with the letter mem) or enclitic. At a later time it was misinterpreted as a plural marker and vocalized accordingly.

[42:6]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew term מִצְעָר (mits’ar) is probably a proper name (“Mizar”), designating a particular mountain in the Hermon region. The name appears only here in the OT.

[103:1]  ¹⁴ sn Psalm 103. The psalmist praises God for his mercy and willingness to forgive his people.

[103:1]  ¹⁵ tn The verb “praise” is understood by ellipsis in the second line (see the preceding line).

[116:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “return, my soul, to your place of rest.”

[116:7]  ¹⁷ tn The Hebrew idiom גָּמַל עַל (gamal ’al) means “to repay,” here in a positive sense (cf. Ps 13:5).

[146:1]  ¹⁸ sn Psalm 146. The psalmist urges his audience not to trust in men, but in the Lord, the just king of the world who cares for the needy.