Psalms 119:120

119:120 My body ¹  trembles ²  because I fear you; ³ 

I am afraid of your judgments.

Jeremiah 23:9

Oracles Against the False Prophets ⁴ 

23:9 Here is what the Lord says concerning the false prophets: ⁵ 

My heart and my mind are deeply disturbed.

I tremble all over. ⁶ 

I am like a drunk person,

like a person who has had too much wine, ⁷ 

because of the way the Lord

and his holy word are being mistreated. ⁸ 

Ezekiel 3:14

3:14 A wind lifted me up and carried me away. I went bitterly, ⁹  my spirit full of fury, and the hand of the Lord rested powerfully ¹⁰  on me.

Daniel 8:27

8:27 I, Daniel, was exhausted ¹¹  and sick for days. Then I got up and again carried out the king’s business. But I was astonished at the vision, and there was no one to explain it.

Daniel 10:8

10:8 I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from ¹²  me, and my vigor disappeared; ¹³  I was without energy. ¹⁴ 

[119:120]  ¹ tn Heb “my flesh.”

[119:120]  ² tn The Hebrew verb סָמַר (samar, “to tremble”) occurs only here and in Job 4:15.

[119:120]  ³ tn Heb “from fear of you.” The pronominal suffix on the noun is an objective genitive.

[23:9]  ⁴ sn Jeremiah has already had a good deal to say about the false prophets and their fate. See 2:8, 26; 5:13, 31; 14:13-15. Here he parallels the condemnation of the wicked prophets and their fate (23:9-40) with that of the wicked kings (21:11-22:30).

[23:9]  ⁵ tn The word “false” is not in the text, but it is clear from the context that these are whom the sayings are directed against. The words “Here is what the Lord says” are also not in the text. But comparison with 46:2; 48:1; 49:1, 7, 23, 28; and 21:11 will show that this is a heading. The words are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[23:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “My heart is crushed within me. My bones tremble.” It has already been noted several times that the “heart” in ancient Hebrew psychology was the intellectual and volitional center of the person, the kidneys were the emotional center, and the bones the locus of strength and also the subject of joy, distress, and sorrow. Here Jeremiah is speaking of his distress of heart and mind in modern psychology, a distress that leads him to trembling of body which he compares to that of a drunken person staggering around under the influence of wine.

[23:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “wine has passed over him.”

[23:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “wine because of the Lord and because of his holy word.” The words that are supplied in the translation are implicit from the context and are added for clarity.

[3:14]  ⁹ tn The traditional interpretation is that Ezekiel embarked on his mission with bitterness and anger, either reflecting God’s attitude toward the sinful people or his own feelings about having to carry out such an unpleasant task. L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 1:13) takes “bitterly” as a misplaced marginal note and understands the following word, normally translated “anger,” in the sense of fervor or passion. He translates, “I was passionately moved” (p. 4). Another option is to take the word translated “bitterly” as a verb meaning “strengthened” (attested in Ugaritic). See G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 152.

[3:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was on me heavily.” The “hand of the Lord” is a metaphor for his power or influence; the modifier conveys intensity.

[8:27]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew word here is נִהְיֵיתִי (nihyetiy). Its meaning is not entirely clear. Hebrew הָיָה (hayah) normally has meanings such as “to be” or “become.” Here, however, it describes Daniel’s emotional and physical response to the enigmatic vision that he has seen. It is parallel to the following verb, which refers to illness, and seems to refer to a state of utter exhaustion due to the amazing things that Daniel has just seen. The LXX lacks the word. On the meaning of the word see further, BDB 227-28 s.v. הָיָה Niph.2; DCH 2:540 s.v. היה I Ni.3.

[10:8]  ¹² tn Heb “did not remain in.”

[10:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “was changed upon me for ruin.”

[10:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “strength.”