Psalms 22:18

22:18 They are dividing up my clothes among themselves;

they are rolling dice ¹  for my garments.

Psalms 109:19

109:19 May a curse attach itself to him, like a garment one puts on, ² 

or a belt ³  one wears continually!

Psalms 45:8

45:8 All your garments are perfumed with ⁴  myrrh, aloes, and cassia.

From the luxurious palaces ⁵  comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy. ⁶ 

Psalms 102:26

102:26 They will perish,

but you will endure. ⁷ 

They will wear out like a garment;

like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear. ⁸ 

[22:18]  ¹ tn Heb “casting lots.” The precise way in which this would have been done is not certain.

[109:19]  ² tn Heb “may it be for him like a garment one puts on.”

[109:19]  ³ tn The Hebrew noun מֵזַח (mezakh, “belt; waistband”) occurs only here in the OT. The form apparently occurs in Isa 23:10 as well, but an emendation is necessary there.

[45:8]  ³ tn The words “perfumed with” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[45:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the palaces of ivory.” The phrase “palaces of ivory” refers to palaces that had ivory panels and furniture decorated with ivory inlays. Such decoration with ivory was characteristic of a high level of luxury. See 1 Kgs 22:39 and Amos 3:15.

[45:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “from the palaces of ivory stringed instrument[s] make you happy.”

[102:26]  ⁴ tn Heb “stand.”

[102:26]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew verb חָלַף (khalaf) occurs twice in this line, once in the Hiphil (“you will remove them”) and once in the Qal (“they will disappear”). The repetition draws attention to the statement.