

[69:9] 1 tn Or “for.” This verse explains that the psalmist’s suffering is due to his allegiance to God.
[69:9] 3 sn God’s house, the temple, here represents by metonymy God himself.
[69:9] 4 tn Heb “the insults of those who insult you fall upon me.”
[102:3] 5 tn Heb “for my days come to an end in smoke.”
[102:3] 6 tn The Hebrew noun מוֹ־קֵד (mo-qed, “fireplace”) occurs only here, in Isa 33:14 (where it refers to the fire itself), and perhaps in Lev 6:2.