Psalms 119:164

119:164 Seven ¹  times a day I praise you

because of your just regulations.

Psalms 12:6

12:6 The Lord’s words are absolutely reliable. ² 

They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground,

where it is thoroughly refined. ³ 

Psalms 79:12

79:12 Pay back our neighbors in full! ⁴ 

May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord! ⁵ 

[119:164]  ¹ tn The number “seven” is use rhetorically to suggest thoroughness.

[12:6]  ² tn Heb “the words of the Lord are pure words,” i.e., untainted by falsehood or deception (in contrast to the flattery of the evildoers, v. 2).

[12:6]  ³ tn Heb “[like] silver purified in a furnace of [i.e., “on”] the ground, refined seven times.” The singular participle מְזֻקָּק (mÿzuqqaq, “refined”) modifies “silver.” The number seven is used rhetorically to express the thorough nature of the action. For other rhetorical/figurative uses of שִׁבְעָתָיִם (shiv’atayim, “seven times”), see Gen 4:15, 24; Ps 79:12; Prov 6:31; Isa 30:26.

[79:12]  ³ tn Heb “Return to our neighbors sevenfold into their lap.” The number seven is used rhetorically to express the thorough nature of the action. For other rhetorical/figurative uses of the Hebrew phrase שִׁבְעָתַיִם (shiv’atayim, “seven times”) see Gen 4:15, 24; Ps 12:6; Prov 6:31; Isa 30:26.

[79:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “their reproach with which they reproached you, O Lord.”