Psalms 114:2

114:2 Judah became his sanctuary,

Israel his kingdom.

Psalms 118:22

118:22 The stone which the builders discarded ¹ 

has become the cornerstone. ² 

Psalms 119:56

119:56 This ³  has been my practice,

for I observe your precepts.

Psalms 118:23

118:23 This is the Lord’s work.

We consider it amazing! ⁴ 

Psalms 42:3

42:3 I cannot eat, I weep day and night; ⁵ 

all day long they say to me, ⁶  “Where is your God?”

[118:22]  ¹ tn Or “rejected.”

[118:22]  ² tn Heb “the head of the corner.”

[119:56]  ¹ tn Heb “this has been to me.” The demonstrative “this” (1) refers back to the practices mentioned in vv. 54-55, or (2) looks forward to the statement in the second line, in which case the כִּי (ki) at the beginning of the second line should be translated “that.”

[118:23]  ¹ tn Heb “it is amazing in our eyes.” The use of the plural pronoun here and in vv. 24-27 suggests that the psalmist may be speaking for the entire nation. However, it is more likely that vv. 22-27 are the people’s response to the psalmist’s thanksgiving song (see especially v. 26). They rejoice with him because his deliverance on the battlefield (see vv. 10-12) had national repercussions.

[42:3]  ¹ tn Heb “My tears have become my food day and night.”

[42:3]  ² tn Heb “when [they] say to me all the day.” The suffixed third masculine plural pronoun may have been accidentally omitted from the infinitive בֶּאֱמֹר (be’ÿmor, “when [they] say”). Note the term בְּאָמְרָם (bÿ’omram, “when they say”) in v. 10.