Psalms 50:10

50:10 For every wild animal in the forest belongs to me,

as well as the cattle that graze on a thousand hills. ¹ 

Psalms 91:7

91:7 Though a thousand may fall beside you,

and a multitude on your right side,

it ²  will not reach you.

Psalms 90:4

90:4 Yes, ³  in your eyes a thousand years

are like yesterday that quickly passes,

or like one of the divisions of the nighttime. ⁴ 

Psalms 60:1

Psalm 60 ⁵ 

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; ⁶  a prayer ⁷  of David written to instruct others. ⁸  It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down ⁹  12,000 Edomites ¹⁰  in the Valley of Salt. ¹¹ 

60:1 O God, you have rejected us. ¹² 

You suddenly turned on us in your anger. ¹³ 

Please restore us! ¹⁴ 

[50:10]  ¹ tn Heb “[the] animals on a thousand hills.” The words “that graze” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The term בְּהֵמוֹה (bÿhemot, “animal”) refers here to cattle (see Ps 104:14).

[91:7]  ² tn Apparently the deadly disease mentioned in v. 6b is the understood subject here.

[90:4]  ³ tn Or “for.”

[90:4]  ⁴ sn The divisions of the nighttime. The ancient Israelites divided the night into distinct periods, or “watches.”

[60:1]  ⁴ sn Psalm 60. The psalmist grieves over Israel’s humiliation, but in response to God’s assuring word, he asks for divine help in battle and expresses his confidence in victory.

[60:1]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew expression means “lily of the testimony.” It may refer to a particular music style or to a tune title.

[60:1]  ⁶ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word מִכְתָּם (miktam), which also appears in the heading to Pss 16, 56-59, is uncertain. HALOT 582-83 s.v. defines it as “inscription.”

[60:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “to teach.”

[60:1]  ⁸ tn In Josh 8:21 and Judg 20:48 the two verbs “turn back” and “strike down” are also juxtaposed. There they refer to a military counter-attack.

[60:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “12,000 of Edom.” Perhaps one should read אֲרַם (’aram, “Aram”) here rather than אֱדוֹם (’edom, “Edom”).

[60:1]  ¹⁰ sn The heading apparently refers to the military campaign recorded in 2 Sam 10 and 1 Chr 19.

[60:1]  ¹¹ sn You have rejected us. See Pss 43:2; 44:9, 23.

[60:1]  ¹² tn Heb “you broke out upon us, you were angry.”

[60:1]  ¹³ tn The imperfect verbal form here expresses the psalmist’s wish or prayer.