Psalms 58:5

58:5 that does not respond to ¹  the magicians,

or to a skilled snake-charmer.

Psalms 71:9

71:9 Do not reject me in my old age! ² 

When my strength fails, do not abandon me!

Psalms 89:7

89:7 a God who is honored ³  in the great angelic assembly, ⁴ 

and more awesome than ⁵  all who surround him?

Psalms 108:1

Psalm 108 ⁶ 

A song, a psalm of David.

108:1 I am determined, ⁷  O God!

I will sing and praise you with my whole heart. ⁸ 

Psalms 139:6

139:6 Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension;

it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it. ⁹ 

[58:5]  ¹ tn Heb “does not listen to the voice of.”

[71:9]  ² tn Heb “do not cast me away at the time of old age.”

[89:7]  ³ tn Heb “feared.”

[89:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “in the great assembly of the holy ones.”

[89:7]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps “feared by.”

[108:1]  ⁴ sn Psalm 108. With some minor variations, this psalm is a composite of Ps 57:7-11 (see vv. 1-5) and Ps 60:5-12 (see vv. 6-13).

[108:1]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps “confident”; Heb “my heart is steadfast.” The “heart” is viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s volition and/or emotions.

[108:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “also my glory,” but this makes little sense in the context. Some view the term כָּבוֹד (“glory”) here as a metonymy for man’s inner being (see BDB 459 s.v. II כָּבוֹד 5), but it is preferable to emend the form to כְּבֵדִי (kÿvodiy, “my liver”). Like the heart, the liver is viewed as the seat of one’s emotions. See also Pss 16:9; 30:12; 57:9; as well as H. W. Wolff, Anthropology of the Old Testament, 64, and M. Dahood, Psalms (AB), 3:93. For an Ugaritic example of the heart/liver as the source of joy, see G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 47-48: “her [Anat’s] liver swelled with laughter, her heart was filled with joy, the liver of Anat with triumph.”

[139:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “too amazing [is this] knowledge for me, it is elevated, I cannot attain to it.”