Psalms 94:19

94:19 When worries threaten to overwhelm me, ¹ 

your soothing touch makes me happy. ² 

Psalms 55:4

55:4 My heart beats violently ³  within me;

the horrors of death overcome me. ⁴ 

Psalms 109:22

109:22 For I am oppressed and needy,

and my heart beats violently within me. ⁵ 

Psalms 39:3

39:3 my anxiety intensified. ⁶ 

As I thought about it, I became impatient. ⁷ 

Finally I spoke these words: ⁸ 

Psalms 51:10

51:10 Create for me a pure heart, O God! ⁹ 

Renew a resolute spirit within me! ¹⁰ 

[94:19]  ¹ tn Heb “when my worries are many within me.”

[94:19]  ² tn Heb “your comforts cause my soul to delight.”

[55:4]  ³ tn Heb “shakes, trembles.”

[55:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “the terrors of death have fallen on me.”

[109:22]  ⁵ tc The verb in the Hebrew text (חָלַל, khalal) appears to be a Qal form from the root חלל meaning “pierced; wounded.” However, the Qal of this root is otherwise unattested. The translation assumes an emendation to יָחִיל (yakhil), a Qal imperfect from חוּל (khul, “tremble”) or to חֹלַל (kholal), a polal perfect from חוּל (khul). See Ps 55:4, which reads לִבִּי יָחִיל בְּקִרְבִּי (libbiy yakhil bÿqirbbiy, “my heart trembles [i.e., “beats violently”] within me”).

[39:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “my heart was hot within me.”

[39:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “In my reflection fire burned.” The prefixed verbal form is either a preterite (past tense) or an imperfect being used in a past progressive or customary sense (“fire was burning”).

[39:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “I spoke with my tongue.” The phrase “these words” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[51:10]  ⁹ sn The heart is viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s motives and moral character.

[51:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and a reliable spirit renew in my inner being.”