Psalms 18:5

18:5 The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, ¹ 

the snares of death trapped me. ² 

Psalms 38:17

38:17 For I am about to stumble,

and I am in constant pain. ³ 

Psalms 44:25

44:25 For we lie in the dirt,

with our bellies pressed to the ground. ⁴ 

Psalms 94:1

Psalm 94 ⁵ 

94:1 O Lord, the God who avenges!

O God who avenges, reveal your splendor! ⁶ 

Psalms 116:6

116:6 The Lord protects ⁷  the untrained; ⁸ 

I was in serious trouble ⁹  and he delivered me.

[18:5]  ¹ tn Heb “surrounded me.”

[18:5]  ² tn Heb “confronted me.”

[38:17]  ³ tn Heb “and my pain [is] before me continually.”

[44:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “for our being/life sinks down to the dirt, our belly clings to the earth.” The suffixed form of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being, life”) is often equivalent to a pronoun in poetic texts.

[94:1]  ⁷ sn Psalm 94. The psalmist asks God to judge the wicked and affirms his confidence in God’s justice.

[94:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “shine forth” (see Pss 50:2; 80:1).

[116:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “guards.” The active participle indicates this is a characteristic of the Lord.

[116:6]  ¹⁰ tn Or “the [morally] naive,” that is, the one who is young and still in the process of learning right from wrong and distinguishing wisdom from folly. See Ps 19:7.

[116:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “I was low.”