Psalms 32:6

32:6 For this reason every one of your faithful followers ¹  should pray to you

while there is a window of opportunity. ² 

Certainly ³  when the surging water ⁴  rises,

it will not reach them. ⁵ 

Psalms 59:1-2

Psalm 59 ⁶ 

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; ⁷  a prayer ⁸  of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. ⁹ 

59:1 Deliver me from my enemies, my God!

Protect me ¹⁰  from those who attack me! ¹¹ 

59:2 Deliver me from evildoers! ¹² 

Rescue me from violent men! ¹³ 

Psalms 93:3-4

93:3 The waves ¹⁴  roar, O Lord,

the waves roar,

the waves roar and crash. ¹⁵ 

93:4 Above the sound of the surging water, ¹⁶ 

and the mighty waves of the sea,

the Lord sits enthroned in majesty. ¹⁷ 

Psalms 124:4-5

124:4 The water would have overpowered us;

the current ¹⁸  would have overwhelmed ¹⁹  us. ²⁰ 

124:5 The raging water

would have overwhelmed us. ²¹ 

Psalms 130:1

Psalm 130 ²² 

A song of ascents. ²³ 

130:1 From the deep water ²⁴  I cry out to you, O Lord.

Isaiah 43:2

43:2 When you pass through the waters, I am with you;

when you pass ²⁵  through the streams, they will not overwhelm you.

When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned;

the flames will not harm ²⁶  you.

Lamentations 3:54

3:54 The waters closed over my head;

I thought ²⁷  I was about to die. ²⁸ 

Revelation 17:15

17:15 Then ²⁹  the angel ³⁰  said to me, “The waters you saw (where the prostitute is seated) are peoples, multitudes, ³¹  nations, and languages.

[32:6]  ¹ tn A “faithful follower” (חָסִיד, khasid) is one who does what is right in God’s eyes and remains faithful to God (see Pss 4:3; 12:1; 18:25; 31:23; 37:28; 86:2; 97:10).

[32:6]  ² tn Heb “at a time of finding.” This may mean, “while there is time to ‘find’ [the Lord]” and seek his forgiveness (cf. NIV). Some emend the text by combining מְצֹא (mÿtso’, “finding”) with the following term רַק (raq, “only, surely”) and read either ר[וֹ]מָצ (matsor, “distress”; see Ps 31:22) or ק[וֹ]מָצ (matsoq, “hardship”; see Ps 119:143). In this case, one may translate “in a time of distress/hardship” (cf. NEB, NRSV).

[32:6]  ³ tn The Hebrew term רַק (raq) occasionally has an asseverative force.

[32:6]  ⁴ sn The surging water is here a metaphor for trouble that endangers one’s life.

[32:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “him.” The translation uses the plural “them” to agree with the plural “every one of your faithful followers” in the first line of v. 6.

[59:1]  ⁶ sn Psalm 59. The psalmist calls down judgment on his foreign enemies, whom he compares to ravenous wild dogs.

[59:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “do not destroy.” Perhaps this refers to a particular style of music, a tune title, or a musical instrument. These words also appear in the superscription to Pss 57-58, 75.

[59:1]  ⁸ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word מִכְתָּם (miktam), which also appears in the heading to Pss 16, 56-58, 60 is uncertain. HALOT 582-83 s.v. defines it as “inscription.”

[59:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “when Saul sent and they watched his house in order to kill him.”

[59:1]  ¹⁰ tn Or “make me secure”; Heb “set me on high.”

[59:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “from those who raise themselves up [against] me.”

[59:2]  ¹² tn Heb “from the workers of wickedness.”

[59:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “from men of bloodshed.”

[93:3]  ¹⁴ tn The Hebrew noun translated “waves” often refers to rivers or streams, but here it appears to refer to the surging waves of the sea (see v. 4, Ps 24:2).

[93:3]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the waves lift up, O Lord, the waves lift up their voice, the waves lift up their crashing.”

[93:4]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “mighty waters.”

[93:4]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “mighty on high [is] the Lord.”

[124:4]  ¹⁸ tn Or “stream.”

[124:4]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “would have passed over.”

[124:4]  ²⁰ tn Heb “our being.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).

[124:5]  ²¹ tn Heb “then they would have passed over our being, the raging waters.”

[130:1]  ²² sn Psalm 130. The psalmist, confident of the Lord’s forgiveness, cries out to the Lord for help in the midst of his suffering and urges Israel to do the same.

[130:1]  ²³ sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.

[130:1]  ²⁴ tn Heb “depths,” that is, deep waters (see Ps 69:2, 14; Isa 51:10), a metaphor for the life-threatening danger faced by the psalmist.

[43:2]  ²⁵ tn The verb is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[43:2]  ²⁶ tn Heb “burn” (so NASB); NAB, NRSV, NLT “consume”; NIV “set you ablaze.”

[3:54]  ²⁷ tn Heb “I said,” meaning “I said to myself” = “I thought.”

[3:54]  ²⁸ tn Heb “I was about to be cut off.” The verb נִגְזָרְתִּי (nigzarti), Niphal perfect 1st person common singular from גָּזַר (gazar, “to be cut off”), functions in an ingressive sense: “about to be cut off.” It is used in reference to the threat of death (e.g., Ezek 37:11). To be “cut off” from the hand of the living means to experience death (Ps 88:6).

[17:15]  ²⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[17:15]  ³⁰ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the angel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:15]  ³¹ tn Grk “and multitudes,” but καί (kai) has not been translated here and before the following term since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.