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Psalms 19:10

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19:10 They are of greater value 1  than gold,

than even a great amount of pure gold;

they bring greater delight 2  than honey,

than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.

Psalms 39:11

Context

39:11 You severely discipline people for their sins; 3 

like a moth you slowly devour their strength. 4 

Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)

Psalms 68:16

Context

68:16 Why do you look with envy, 5  O mountains 6  with many peaks,

at the mountain where God has decided to live? 7 

Indeed 8  the Lord will live there 9  permanently!

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[19:10]  1 tn Heb “more desirable.”

[19:10]  2 tn Heb “are sweeter.” God’s law is “sweet’ in the sense that, when obeyed, it brings a great reward (see v. 11b).

[39:11]  3 tn “with punishments on account of sin you discipline a man.”

[39:11]  4 tc Heb “you cause to dissolve, like a moth, his desired [thing].” The translation assumes an emendation of חֲמוּדוֹ (khamudo, “his desirable [thing]”) to חֶמְדוֹ (khemdo, “his loveliness” [or “beauty”]), a reading that is supported by a few medieval Hebrew mss.

[68:16]  5 tn The meaning of the Hebrew verb רָצַד (ratsad), translated here “look with envy,” is uncertain; it occurs only here in the OT. See BDB 952-53. A cognate verb occurs in later Aramaic with the meaning “to lie in wait; to watch” (Jastrow 1492 s.v. רְצַד).

[68:16]  6 tn Perhaps the apparent plural form should be read as a singular with enclitic mem (ם; later misinterpreted as a plural ending). The preceding verse has the singular form.

[68:16]  7 tn Heb “[at] the mountain God desires for his dwelling place.” The reference is to Mount Zion/Jerusalem.

[68:16]  8 tn The Hebrew particle אַף (’af) has an emphasizing function here.

[68:16]  9 tn The word “there” is supplied in the translation for clarification.



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