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Psalms 39:9

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39:9 I am silent and cannot open my mouth

because of what you have done. 1 

Psalms 49:4

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49:4 I will learn a song that imparts wisdom;

I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp. 2 

Psalms 51:15

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51:15 O Lord, give me the words! 3 

Then my mouth will praise you. 4 

Psalms 78:2

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78:2 I will sing a song that imparts wisdom;

I will make insightful observations about the past. 5 

Psalms 102:20

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102:20 in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners,

and to set free those condemned to die, 6 

Psalms 104:28

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104:28 You give food to them and they receive it;

you open your hand and they are filled with food. 7 

Psalms 105:41

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105:41 He opened up a rock and water flowed out;

a river ran through dry regions.

Psalms 106:17

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106:17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;

it engulfed 8  the group led by Abiram. 9 

Psalms 118:19

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118:19 Open for me the gates of the just king’s temple! 10 

I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.

Psalms 145:16

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145:16 You open your hand,

and fill every living thing with the food they desire. 11 

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[39:9]  1 tn Heb “because you acted.” The psalmist has in mind God’s disciplinary measures (see vv. 10-13).

[49:4]  2 tn Heb “I will turn my ear to a wise saying, I will open [i.e., “reveal; explain”] my insightful saying with a harp.” In the first line the psalmist speaks as a pupil who learns a song of wisdom from a sage. This suggests that the resulting insightful song derives from another source, perhaps God himself. Elsewhere the Hebrew word pair חִידָה/מָשָׁל (mashal/khidah) refers to a taunt song (Hab 2:6), a parable (Ezek 17:2), lessons from history (Ps 78:2), and proverbial sayings (Prov 1:6). Here it appears to refer to the insightful song that follows, which reflects on the mortality of humankind and the ultimate inability of riches to prevent the inevitable – death. Another option is that the word pair refers more specifically to the closely related proverbial sayings of vv. 12, 20 (note the use of the verb מָשָׁל, mashal, “to be like” in both verses). In this case the psalmist first hears the sayings and then explains (Heb “opens”) their significance (see vv. 5-11, 13-19).

[51:15]  3 tn Heb “open my lips.” The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.

[51:15]  4 tn Heb “and my mouth will declare your praise.”

[78:2]  4 tn Heb “I will open with a wise saying my mouth, I will utter insightful sayings from long ago.” Elsewhere the Hebrew word pair חִידָה+מָשָׁל (mashal + khidah) refers to a taunt song (Hab 2:6), a parable (Ezek 17:2), proverbial sayings (Prov 1:6), and an insightful song that reflects on the mortality of humankind and the ultimate inability of riches to prevent death (Ps 49:4).

[102:20]  5 tn Heb “the sons of death.” The phrase “sons of death” (see also Ps 79:11) is idiomatic for those condemned to die.

[104:28]  6 tn Heb “they are satisfied [with] good.”

[106:17]  7 tn Or “covered.”

[106:17]  8 tn Or “the assembly of Abiram.”

[118:19]  8 tn Heb “the gates of justice.” The gates of the Lord’s temple are referred to here, as v. 20 makes clear. They are called “gates of justice” because they are the entrance to the just king’s palace. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[145:16]  9 tn Heb “[with what they] desire.”



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