⁴ tn Or “who lack confidence.”

¹ tn Grk “access in confidence.”

² tn Or “might not put confidence in ourselves.”

³ tn Grk “have no confidence in the flesh.”

¹ tn Grk “the beginning of the confidence.”

² tn Heb “O Lord, my source of confidence from my youth.”

² tn Heb “confidence of strength.” This construct phrase features an attributive genitive: “strong confidence” (so most English versions; NIV “a secure fortress”).

² tn The plural is used to suggest the supreme degree of arrogant confidence (E. Dhorme, Job, 171).

¹ tn Heb “men of my confidence,” or “men of my council,” i.e., intimate friends, confidants.

¹ sn Rise up, O Lord! The psalmist’s mood changes from lament to petition and confidence.

² tn Heb “a source of confidence [for] all the ends of the earth.”

¹ sn Psalm 125. The psalmist affirms his confidence in the Lord’s protection and justice.

⁴ tn Heb “and bring down the strength of its confidence.” The word “strength” is a metonymy of adjunct, referring to the place of strength, i.e., “the stronghold.” “Confidence” is a genitive of worth; the stronghold is their confidence, it is appropriate for the confidence of the city.

² tn Or “most of the brothers and sisters in the Lord, having confidence.”

¹ tn Grk “though I have reason for confidence even in the flesh.”

¹ sn Psalm 61. The psalmist cries out for help and expresses his confidence that God will protect him.

¹ sn Psalm 94. The psalmist asks God to judge the wicked and affirms his confidence in God’s justice.

² sn Turmoil refers to anxiety; the fear of the Lord alleviates anxiety, for it brings with it contentment and confidence.

² sn The confidence Peter has in private (Lord, I am ready…) will wilt under the pressure of the public eye.

² tn The word כִּסְלָתֶךָ (kislatekha, “your confidence”) is rendered in the LXX by “founded in folly.” The word כֶּסֶל (kesel) is “confidence” (see 8:14) and elsewhere “folly.” Since it is parallel to “your hope” it must mean confidence here.