Psalms 31:22

31:22 I jumped to conclusions and said, ¹ 

“I am cut off from your presence!” ² 

But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

Psalms 68:16

68:16 Why do you look with envy, ³  O mountains ⁴  with many peaks,

at the mountain where God has decided to live? ⁵ 

Indeed ⁶  the Lord will live there ⁷  permanently!

[31:22]  ¹ tn Heb “and I, I said in my haste.”

[31:22]  ² tn Heb “from before your eyes.”

[68:16]  ³ 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]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Heb “[at] the mountain God desires for his dwelling place.” The reference is to Mount Zion/Jerusalem.

[68:16]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew particle אַף (’af) has an emphasizing function here.

[68:16]  ⁷ tn The word “there” is supplied in the translation for clarification.