Psalms 38:17

38:17 For I am about to stumble,

and I am in constant pain. ¹ 

Psalms 78:37

78:37 They were not really committed to him, ² 

and they were unfaithful to his covenant.

Psalms 112:7

112:7 He does not fear bad news.

He ³  is confident; he trusts ⁴  in the Lord.

[38:17]  ¹ tn Heb “and my pain [is] before me continually.”

[78:37]  ² tn Heb “and their heart was not firm with him.”

[112:7]  ³ tn Heb “his heart,” viewed here as the seat of the volition and emotions (see Ps 108:1).

[112:7]  ⁴ tn The passive participle בָּטֻחַ [בָּטוּחַ] (batuakh [batuakh]) expresses a state that results from the subject’s action. See Isa 26:3.