Psalms 28:2

28:2 Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help,

when I lift my hands ¹  toward your holy temple! ² 

Psalms 132:7

132:7 Let us go to his dwelling place!

Let us worship ³  before his footstool!

Psalms 138:2

138:2 I will bow down toward your holy temple,

and give thanks to your name,

because of your loyal love and faithfulness,

for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky. ⁴ 

Psalms 138:1

Psalm 138 ⁵ 

By David.

138:1 I will give you thanks with all my heart;

before the heavenly assembly ⁶  I will sing praises to you.

Psalms 8:1

Psalm 8 ⁷ 

For the music director, according to the gittith style; ⁸  a psalm of David.

8:1 O Lord, our Lord, ⁹ 

how magnificent ¹⁰  is your reputation ¹¹  throughout the earth!

You reveal your majesty in the heavens above! ¹² 

Psalms 8:1

Psalm 8 ¹³ 

For the music director, according to the gittith style; ¹⁴  a psalm of David.

8:1 O Lord, our Lord, ¹⁵ 

how magnificent ¹⁶  is your reputation ¹⁷  throughout the earth!

You reveal your majesty in the heavens above! ¹⁸ 

Psalms 8:1

Psalm 8 ¹⁹ 

For the music director, according to the gittith style; ²⁰  a psalm of David.

8:1 O Lord, our Lord, ²¹ 

how magnificent ²²  is your reputation ²³  throughout the earth!

You reveal your majesty in the heavens above! ²⁴ 

Psalms 8:1

Psalm 8 ²⁵ 

For the music director, according to the gittith style; ²⁶  a psalm of David.

8:1 O Lord, our Lord, ²⁷ 

how magnificent ²⁸  is your reputation ²⁹  throughout the earth!

You reveal your majesty in the heavens above! ³⁰ 

Daniel 6:10

6:10 When Daniel realized ³¹  that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows ³²  in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. ³³  Three ³⁴  times daily he was ³⁵  kneeling ³⁶  and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.

Hebrews 4:16

4:16 Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help. ³⁷ 

[28:2]  ¹ sn I lift my hands. Lifting one’s hands toward God was a gesture of prayer.

[28:2]  ² tn The Hebrew term דְּבִיר (dÿvir, “temple”) actually refers to the most holy place within the sanctuary.

[132:7]  ³ tn Or “bow down.”

[138:2]  ⁴ tc The MT reads, “for you have made great over all your name your word.” If retained, this must mean that God's mighty intervention, in fulfillment of his word of promise, surpassed anything he had done prior to this. However, the statement is odd and several emendations have been proposed. Some read, “for you have exalted over everything your name and your word,” while others suggest, “for you have exalted over all the heavens your name and your word.” The translation assumes an emendation of “your name” to “your heavens” (a construction that appears in Pss 8:3 and 144:5). The point is that God has been faithful to his promise and the reliability of that promise is apparent to all. For a fuller discussion of these options, see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 244.

[138:1]  ⁵ sn Psalm 138. The psalmist vows to thank the Lord for his deliverance and protection.

[138:1]  ⁶ tn The referent of the Hebrew term אֱלֹהִים (’elohim) is unclear. It refers either to the angelic assembly (see Gen 3:5; Ps 8:5) or to the pagan gods (see Pss 82:1, 6; 86:8; 97:7), in which case the psalmist’s praise takes on a polemical tone.

[8:1]  ⁷ sn Psalm 8. In this hymn to the sovereign creator, the psalmist praises God’s majesty and marvels that God has given mankind dominion over the created order.

[8:1]  ⁸ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew term הגתית is uncertain; it probably refers to a musical style or type of instrument.

[8:1]  ⁹ tn The plural form of the title emphasizes the Lord’s absolute sovereignty.

[8:1]  ¹⁰ tn Or “awesome”; or “majestic.”

[8:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

[8:1]  ¹² tc Heb “which, give, your majesty on the heavens.” The verb form תְּנָה (tÿnah; an imperative?) is corrupt. The form should be emended to a second masculine singular perfect (נָתַתָּה, natatah) or imperfect (תִתֵן, titen) form. The introductory אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “which”) can be taken as a relative pronoun (“you who”) or as a causal conjunction (“because”). One may literally translate, “you who [or “because you”] place your majesty upon the heavens.” For other uses of the phrase “place majesty upon” see Num 27:20 and 1 Chr 29:25.

[8:1]  ¹³ sn Psalm 8. In this hymn to the sovereign creator, the psalmist praises God’s majesty and marvels that God has given mankind dominion over the created order.

[8:1]  ¹⁴ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew term הגתית is uncertain; it probably refers to a musical style or type of instrument.

[8:1]  ¹⁵ tn The plural form of the title emphasizes the Lord’s absolute sovereignty.

[8:1]  ¹⁶ tn Or “awesome”; or “majestic.”

[8:1]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

[8:1]  ¹⁸ tc Heb “which, give, your majesty on the heavens.” The verb form תְּנָה (tÿnah; an imperative?) is corrupt. The form should be emended to a second masculine singular perfect (נָתַתָּה, natatah) or imperfect (תִתֵן, titen) form. The introductory אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “which”) can be taken as a relative pronoun (“you who”) or as a causal conjunction (“because”). One may literally translate, “you who [or “because you”] place your majesty upon the heavens.” For other uses of the phrase “place majesty upon” see Num 27:20 and 1 Chr 29:25.

[8:1]  ¹⁹ sn Psalm 8. In this hymn to the sovereign creator, the psalmist praises God’s majesty and marvels that God has given mankind dominion over the created order.

[8:1]  ²⁰ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew term הגתית is uncertain; it probably refers to a musical style or type of instrument.

[8:1]  ²¹ tn The plural form of the title emphasizes the Lord’s absolute sovereignty.

[8:1]  ²² tn Or “awesome”; or “majestic.”

[8:1]  ²³ tn Heb “name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

[8:1]  ²⁴ tc Heb “which, give, your majesty on the heavens.” The verb form תְּנָה (tÿnah; an imperative?) is corrupt. The form should be emended to a second masculine singular perfect (נָתַתָּה, natatah) or imperfect (תִתֵן, titen) form. The introductory אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “which”) can be taken as a relative pronoun (“you who”) or as a causal conjunction (“because”). One may literally translate, “you who [or “because you”] place your majesty upon the heavens.” For other uses of the phrase “place majesty upon” see Num 27:20 and 1 Chr 29:25.

[8:1]  ²⁵ sn Psalm 8. In this hymn to the sovereign creator, the psalmist praises God’s majesty and marvels that God has given mankind dominion over the created order.

[8:1]  ²⁶ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew term הגתית is uncertain; it probably refers to a musical style or type of instrument.

[8:1]  ²⁷ tn The plural form of the title emphasizes the Lord’s absolute sovereignty.

[8:1]  ²⁸ tn Or “awesome”; or “majestic.”

[8:1]  ²⁹ tn Heb “name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

[8:1]  ³⁰ tc Heb “which, give, your majesty on the heavens.” The verb form תְּנָה (tÿnah; an imperative?) is corrupt. The form should be emended to a second masculine singular perfect (נָתַתָּה, natatah) or imperfect (תִתֵן, titen) form. The introductory אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “which”) can be taken as a relative pronoun (“you who”) or as a causal conjunction (“because”). One may literally translate, “you who [or “because you”] place your majesty upon the heavens.” For other uses of the phrase “place majesty upon” see Num 27:20 and 1 Chr 29:25.

[6:10]  ³¹ tn Aram “knew.”

[6:10]  ³² sn In later rabbinic thought this verse was sometimes cited as a proof text for the notion that one should pray only in a house with windows. See b. Berakhot 34b.

[6:10]  ³³ map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:10]  ³⁴ sn This is apparently the only specific mention in the OT of prayer being regularly offered three times a day. The practice was probably not unique to Daniel, however.

[6:10]  ³⁵ tc Read with several medieval Hebrew MSS and printed editions הֲוָה (havah) rather than the MT הוּא (hu’).

[6:10]  ³⁶ tn Aram “kneeling on his knees” (so NASB).

[4:16]  ³⁷ tn Grk “for timely help.”