Psalms 78:60

78:60 He abandoned ¹  the sanctuary at Shiloh,

the tent where he lived among men.

Psalms 82:7

82:7 Yet you will die like mortals; ² 

you will fall like all the other rulers.” ³ 

Psalms 104:23

104:23 Men then go out to do their work,

and labor away until evening. ⁴ 

Psalms 107:8

107:8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people! ⁵ 

Psalms 107:15

107:15 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people! ⁶ 

Psalms 107:21

107:21 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people! ⁷ 

Psalms 107:31

107:31 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people! ⁸ 

Psalms 115:4

115:4 Their ⁹  idols are made of silver and gold –

they are man-made. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 116:11

116:11 I rashly declared, ¹¹ 

“All men are liars.”

Psalms 118:8

118:8 It is better to take shelter ¹²  in the Lord

than to trust in people.

Psalms 119:134

119:134 Deliver me ¹³  from oppressive men,

so that I can keep ¹⁴  your precepts.

Psalms 135:8

135:8 He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,

including both men and animals.

Psalms 144:4

144:4 People ¹⁵  are like a vapor,

their days like a shadow that disappears. ¹⁶ 

[78:60]  ¹ tn Or “rejected.”

[82:7]  ² tn Heb “men.” The point in the context is mortality, however, not maleness.

[82:7]  ³ tn Heb “like one of the rulers.” The comparison does not necessarily imply that they are not rulers. The expression “like one of” can sometimes mean “as one of” (Gen 49:16; Obad 11) or “as any other of” (Judg 16:7, 11).

[104:23]  ³ tn Heb “man goes out to his work, and to his labor until evening.”

[107:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.”

[107:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.” See v. 8.

[107:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.” See v. 8.

[107:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.” See v. 8.

[115:4]  ⁸ tn The referent of the pronominal suffix is “the nations” (v. 2).

[115:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “the work of the hands of man.”

[116:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “I said in my haste.”

[118:8]  ¹⁰ tn “Taking shelter” in the Lord is an idiom for seeking his protection. Seeking his protection presupposes and even demonstrates the subject’s loyalty to the Lord. In the psalms those who “take shelter” in the Lord are contrasted with the wicked and equated with those who love, fear, and serve the Lord (Pss 5:11-12; 31:17-20; 34:21-22).

[119:134]  ¹¹ tn Or “redeem me.”

[119:134]  ¹² tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[144:4]  ¹² tn Heb “man,” or “mankind.”

[144:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “his days [are] like a shadow that passes away,” that is, like a late afternoon shadow made by the descending sun that will soon be swallowed up by complete darkness. See Ps 102:11.