Psalms 76:7

76:7 You are awesome! Yes, you!

Who can withstand your intense anger? ¹ 

Psalms 130:3-4

130:3 If you, O Lord, were to keep track of ²  sins,

O Lord, who could stand before you? ³ 

130:4 But ⁴  you are willing to forgive, ⁵ 

so that you might ⁶  be honored. ⁷ 

Joel 2:11

2:11 The voice of the Lord thunders ⁸  as he leads his army. ⁹ 

Indeed, his warriors ¹⁰  are innumerable; ¹¹ 

Surely his command is carried out! ¹² 

Yes, the day of the Lord is awesome ¹³ 

and very terrifying – who can survive ¹⁴  it?

Malachi 3:2

3:2 Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire, ¹⁵  like a launderer’s soap.

[76:7]  ¹ tc Heb “and who can stand before you from the time of your anger?” The Hebrew expression מֵאָז (me’az, “from the time of”) is better emended to מֵאֹז (me’oz, “from [i.e., “because of”] the strength of your anger”; see Ps 90:11).

[130:3]  ² tn Heb “observe.”

[130:3]  ³ tn The words “before you” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The psalmist must be referring to standing before God’s judgment seat. The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No one.”

[130:4]  ⁴ tn Or “surely.”

[130:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “for with you [there is] forgiveness.”

[130:4]  ⁶ tn Or “consequently you are.”

[130:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “feared.”

[2:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “the Lord gives his voice.”

[2:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “before his army.”

[2:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “military encampment.”

[2:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “very large.”

[2:11]  ¹² tn Heb “he makes his word powerful.”

[2:11]  ¹³ tn Or “powerful.” Heb “great.”

[2:11]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “endure.” The MT and LXX read “endure,” while one of the Qumran manuscripts (4QXXII^c) has “bear.”

[3:2]  ¹⁵ sn The refiner’s fire was used to purify metal and refine it by melting it and allowing the dross, which floated to the top, to be scooped off.