Psalms 49:9

49:9 so that he might continue to live ¹  forever

and not experience death. ² 

Psalms 55:5

55:5 Fear and panic overpower me; ³ 

terror overwhelms ⁴  me.

Psalms 76:8

76:8 From heaven you announced what their punishment would be. ⁵ 

The earth ⁶  was afraid and silent

Psalms 90:16

90:16 May your servants see your work! ⁷ 

May their sons see your majesty! ⁸ 

Psalms 94:7

94:7 Then they say, “The Lord does not see this;

the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.” ⁹ 

Psalms 112:8

112:8 His resolve ¹⁰  is firm; he will not succumb to fear

before he looks in triumph on his enemies.

Psalms 138:6

138:6 Though the Lord is exalted, he takes note of the lowly,

and recognizes the proud from far away.

[49:9]  ¹ tn The jussive verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive is taken as indicating purpose/result in relation to the statement made in v. 8. (On this use of the jussive after an imperfect, see GKC 322 §109.f.) In this case v. 8 is understood as a parenthetical comment.

[49:9]  ² tn Heb “see the Pit.” The Hebrew term שַׁחַת (shakhat, “pit”) is often used as a title for Sheol (see Pss 16:10; 30:9; 55:24; 103:4).

[55:5]  ³ tn Heb “fear and trembling enter into me.”

[55:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “covers.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive carries on the descriptive (present progressive) force of the preceding imperfect.

[76:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “a [legal] decision,” or “sentence.”

[76:8]  ⁶ tn “The earth” stands here by metonymy for its inhabitants.

[90:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “may your work be revealed to your servants.” In this context (note v. 17) the verb form יֵרָאֶה (yera’eh) is best understood as an unshortened jussive (see Gen 1:9; Isa 47:3).

[90:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “and your majesty to their sons.” The verb “be revealed” is understood by ellipsis in the second line.

[94:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “does not understand.”

[112:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “his heart,” viewed here as the seat of the volition.