Discovery Box| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 56:4) |
2 tn Heb “flesh,” which refers by metonymy to human beings (see v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A19&tab=notes" ver="">11, where “man” is used in this same question), envisioned here as mortal and powerless before God. |
| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 57:1) |
5 tn Heb “my life has taken shelter.” The Hebrew perfect verbal form probably refers here to a completed action with continuing results. |
| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 57:7) |
1 tn Or perhaps “confident”; Heb “my heart is steadfast.” The “heart” is viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s volition and/or emotions. |
| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 59:4) |
3 tn Heb “arise to meet me and see.” The Hebrew verb קָרָא (qara’, “to meet; to encounter”) here carries the nuance of “to help.” |
| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 60:1) |
6 tn Heb “12,000 of Edom.” Perhaps one should read אֲרַם (’aram, “Aram”) here rather than אֱדוֹם (’edom, “Edom”). |
| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 60:7) |
3 sn Judah, like Ephraim, was the other major tribe west of the Jordan. The Davidic king, symbolized here by the royal scepter, came from this tribe. |
| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 62:3) |
1 tn The verb form is plural; the psalmist addresses his enemies. The verb הוּת occurs only here in the OT. An Arabic cognate means “shout at.” |
| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 63:6) |
1 tn The Hebrew term אִם (’im) is used here in the sense of “when; whenever,” as in Ps 78:34. |
| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 64:6) |
3 tn Heb “a searched-out search,” which is understood as referring here to a thoroughly planned plot to destroy the psalmist. |
| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 66:7) |
2 tn Heb “his eyes watch.” “Eyes” are an anthropomorphism, attributed to God here to emphasize his awareness of all that happens on earth. |
| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 66:11) |
2 tn Heb “you placed suffering on our hips.” The noun מוּעָקָה (mu’aqah, “suffering”) occurs only here in the OT. |
| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 68:13) |
2 tn The meaning of the Hebrew word translated “sheepfolds” is uncertain. There may be an echo of Judg 5:16 here. |
| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 69:1) |
3 tn The Hebrew term נפשׁ (nefesh) here refers to the psalmist’s throat or neck. The psalmist compares himself to a helpless, drowning man. |
| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 69:4) |
3 tn Heb “that which I did not steal, then I restore.” Apparently אָז (’az, “then”) is used here to emphasize the verb that follows. |
| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 71:18) |
2 tn Heb “until I declare your arm to a generation, to everyone who comes your power.” God’s “arm” here is an anthropomorphism that symbolizes his great strength. |
| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 71:19) |
1 tn Heb “your justice, O God, [is] unto the height.” The Hebrew term מָרוֹם (marom, “height”) is here a title for the sky/heavens. |
| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 71:21) |
2 tn The imperfects are understood here as expressing the psalmist’s prayer or wish. (Note the use of a distinctly jussive form at the beginning of v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A19&tab=notes" ver="">21.) |
| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 72:17) |
4 tn Heb “all the nations, may they regard him as happy.” The Piel is used here in a delocutive sense (“regard as”). |
| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 73:21) |
3 tn Heb “and [in] my kidneys I was pierced.” The imperfect verbal form here describes a continuing condition in a past time frame. |
| (0.8870926119403) | (Psa 76:2) |
2 tn Heb “and his place of refuge is in Salem, and his lair in Zion.” God may be likened here to a lion (see v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A19&tab=notes" ver="">4). |
