Psalms 90:6

90:6 in the morning it glistens ¹  and sprouts up;

at evening time it withers ²  and dries up.

Psalms 132:18

132:18 I will humiliate his enemies, ³ 

and his crown will shine.

Psalms 103:15

103:15 A person’s life is like grass. ⁴ 

Like a flower in the field it flourishes,

Psalms 92:7

92:7 When the wicked sprout up like grass,

and all the evildoers glisten, ⁵ 

it is so that they may be annihilated. ⁶ 

[90:6]  ¹ tn Or “flourishes.” The verb is used of a crown shining in Ps 132:18. Perhaps here in Ps 90:6 it refers to the glistening of the grass in the morning dew.

[90:6]  ² tn The Polel form of this verb occurs only here. Perhaps the form should be emended to a Qal (which necessitates eliminating the final lamed [ל] as dittographic). See Ps 37:2.

[132:18]  ³ tn Heb “his enemies I will clothe [with] shame.”

[103:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “[as for] mankind, like grass [are] his days.” The Hebrew noun אֱנוֹשׁ (’enosh) is used here generically of human beings. What is said is true of all mankind.

[92:7]  ⁷ tn Or “flourish.”

[92:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “in order that they might be destroyed permanently.”