Psalms 18:5

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

the snares of death trapped me. ² 

Psalms 44:25

44:25 For we lie in the dirt,

with our bellies pressed to the ground. ³ 

Psalms 94:1

Psalm 94 ⁴ 

94:1 O Lord, the God who avenges!

O God who avenges, reveal your splendor! ⁵ 

[18:5]  ¹ tn Heb “surrounded me.”

[18:5]  ² tn Heb “confronted me.”

[44:25]  ³ 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]  ⁵ sn Psalm 94. The psalmist asks God to judge the wicked and affirms his confidence in God’s justice.

[94:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “shine forth” (see Pss 50:2; 80:1).