Psalms 63:4

63:4 For this reason ¹  I will praise you while I live;

in your name I will lift up my hands. ² 

Psalms 125:5

125:5 As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, ³ 

may the Lord remove them, ⁴  along with those who behave wickedly! ⁵ 

May Israel experience peace! ⁶ 

Psalms 134:2

134:2 Lift your hands toward the sanctuary

and praise the Lord!

Psalms 141:2

141:2 May you accept my prayer like incense,

my uplifted hands like the evening offering! ⁷ 

Psalms 143:6

143:6 I spread my hands out to you in prayer; ⁸ 

my soul thirsts for you in a parched ⁹  land. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 143:2

143:2 Do not sit in judgment on ¹¹  your servant,

for no one alive is innocent before you. ¹² 

Psalms 6:1

Psalm 6 ¹³ 

For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the sheminith style; ¹⁴  a psalm of David.

6:1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger!

Do not discipline me in your raging fury! ¹⁵ 

Psalms 6:1

Psalm 6 ¹⁶ 

For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the sheminith style; ¹⁷  a psalm of David.

6:1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger!

Do not discipline me in your raging fury! ¹⁸ 

Psalms 2:8

2:8 Ask me,

and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, ¹⁹ 

the ends of the earth as your personal property.

[63:4]  ¹ tn Or perhaps “then.”

[63:4]  ² sn I will lift up my hands. Lifting up one’s hands toward God was a gesture of prayer (see Ps 28:2; Lam 2:19) or respect (Ps 119:48).

[125:5]  ³ tn Heb “and the ones making their paths twisted.” A sinful lifestyle is compared to a twisting, winding road.

[125:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “lead them away.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive of prayer here (note the prayers directly before and after this). Another option is to translate, “the Lord will remove them” (cf. NIV, NRSV).

[125:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “the workers of wickedness.”

[125:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “peace [be] upon Israel.” The statement is understood as a prayer (see Ps 122:8 for a similar prayer for peace).

[141:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “may my prayer be established [like] incense before you, the uplifting of my hands [like] an evening offering.”

[143:6]  ⁸ tn The words “in prayer” are supplied in the translation to clarify that the psalmist is referring to a posture of prayer.

[143:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “faint” or “weary.” See Ps 63:1.

[143:6]  ¹⁰ tc Heb “my soul like a faint land for you.” A verb (perhaps “thirsts”) is implied (see Ps 63:1). The translation assumes an emendation of the preposition -כְּ (kÿ, “like”) to -בְּ (bÿ, “in,” see Ps 63:1; cf. NEB “athirst for thee in a thirsty land”). If the MT is retained, one might translate, “my soul thirsts for you, as a parched land does for water/rain” (cf. NIV, NRSV).

[143:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “do not enter into judgment with.”

[143:2]  ¹² tn Heb “for no one living is innocent before you.”

[6:1]  ¹³ sn Psalm 6. The psalmist begs the Lord to withdraw his anger and spare his life. Having received a positive response to his prayer, the psalmist then confronts his enemies and describes how they retreat.

[6:1]  ¹⁴ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term שְׁמִינִית (shÿminit, “sheminith”) is uncertain; perhaps it refers to a particular style of music. See 1 Chr 15:21.

[6:1]  ¹⁵ sn The implication is that the psalmist has sinned, causing God to discipline him by bringing a life-threatening illness upon him (see vv. 2-7).

[6:1]  ¹⁶ sn Psalm 6. The psalmist begs the Lord to withdraw his anger and spare his life. Having received a positive response to his prayer, the psalmist then confronts his enemies and describes how they retreat.

[6:1]  ¹⁷ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term שְׁמִינִית (shÿminit, “sheminith”) is uncertain; perhaps it refers to a particular style of music. See 1 Chr 15:21.

[6:1]  ¹⁸ sn The implication is that the psalmist has sinned, causing God to discipline him by bringing a life-threatening illness upon him (see vv. 2-7).

[2:8]  ¹⁹ sn I will give you the nations. The Lord promises the Davidic king universal dominion.