Job 9:11

9:11 If ¹  he passes by me, I cannot see ²  him, ³ 

if he goes by, I cannot perceive him. ⁴ 

Psalms 10:1

Psalm 10 ⁵ 

10:1 Why, Lord, do you stand far off?

Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble? ⁶ 

Psalms 13:1-3

Psalm 13 ⁷ 

For the music director; a psalm of David.

13:1 How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? ⁸ 

How long will you pay no attention to me? ⁹ 

13:2 How long must I worry, ¹⁰ 

and suffer in broad daylight? ¹¹ 

How long will my enemy gloat over me? ¹² 

13:3 Look at me! ¹³  Answer me, O Lord my God!

Revive me, ¹⁴  or else I will die! ¹⁵ 

Isaiah 45:15

45:15 Yes, you are a God who keeps hidden,

O God of Israel, deliverer!

Isaiah 45:1

45:1 This is what the Lord says to his chosen ¹⁶  one,

to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold ¹⁷ 

in order to subdue nations before him,

and disarm kings, ¹⁸ 

to open doors before him,

so gates remain unclosed:

Isaiah 6:1

Isaiah’s Commission

6:1 In the year of King Uzziah’s death, ¹⁹  I saw the sovereign master ²⁰  seated on a high, elevated throne. The hem of his robe filled the temple.

[9:11]  ¹ tn The NIV has “when” to form a temporal clause here. For the use of “if,” see GKC 497 §159.w.

[9:11]  ² tn The imperfect verbs in this verse are consistent with the clauses. In the conditional clauses a progressive imperfect is used, but in the following clauses the verbs are potential imperfects.

[9:11]  ³ tn The pronoun “him” is supplied here; it is not in MT, but the Syriac and Vulgate have it (probably for translation purposes as well).

[9:11]  ⁴ sn Like the mountains, Job knows that God has passed by and caused him to shake and tremble, but he cannot understand or perceive the reasons.

[10:1]  ⁵ sn Psalm 10. Many Hebrew mss and the ancient Greek version (LXX) combine Psalms 9 and 10 into a single psalm. Taken in isolation, Psalm 10 is a petition for help in which the psalmist urges the Lord to deliver him from his dangerous enemies, whom he describes in vivid and terrifying detail. The psalmist concludes with confidence; he is certain that God’s justice will prevail.

[10:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “you hide for times in trouble.” The interrogative “why” is understood by ellipsis; note the preceding line. The Hiphil verbal form “hide” has no expressed object. Some supply “your eyes” by ellipsis (see BDB 761 s.v. I עָלַם Hiph and HALOT 835 s.v. I עלם hif) or emend the form to a Niphal (“you hide yourself,” see BHS, note c; cf. NEB, NIV, NRSV).

[13:1]  ⁷ sn Psalm 13. The psalmist, who is close to death, desperately pleads for God’s deliverance and affirms his trust in God’s faithfulness.

[13:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “will you forget me continually.”

[13:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “will you hide your face from me.”

[13:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “How long will I put counsel in my being?”

[13:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “[with] grief in my heart by day.”

[13:2]  ¹² tn Heb “be exalted over me.” Perhaps one could translate, “How long will my enemy defeat me?”

[13:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “see.”

[13:3]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Give light [to] my eyes.” The Hiphil of אוּר (’ur), when used elsewhere with “eyes” as object, refers to the law of God giving moral enlightenment (Ps 19:8), to God the creator giving literal eyesight to all people (Prov 29:13), and to God giving encouragement to his people (Ezra 9:8). Here the psalmist pictures himself as being on the verge of death. His eyes are falling shut and, if God does not intervene soon, he will “fall asleep” for good.

[13:3]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “or else I will sleep [in?] the death.” Perhaps the statement is elliptical, “I will sleep [the sleep] of death,” or “I will sleep [with the sleepers in] death.”

[45:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “anointed” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NCV “his appointed king.”

[45:1]  ¹⁷ sn The “right hand” is a symbol of activity and strength; the Lord directs Cyrus’ activities and assures his success.

[45:1]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and the belts of kings I will loosen”; NRSV “strip kings of their robes”; NIV “strip kings of their armor.”

[6:1]  ¹⁹ sn That is, approximately 740 b.c.

[6:1]  ²⁰ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in vv. 8, 11 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).