Discovery Box| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 63:11) |
3 tn The Niphal of this verb occurs only here and in Gen 8:2, where it is used of God “stopping” or “damming up” the great deep as he brought the flood to an end. |
| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 67:1) |
1 sn Psalm 67. The psalmist prays for God’s blessing upon his people and urges the nations to praise him for he is the just ruler of the world. |
| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 68:33) |
2 tn Heb “he gives his voice a strong voice.” In this context God’s “voice” is the thunder that accompanies the rain (see vv. 8-9, as well as Deut 33:26). |
| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 69:4) |
3 sn They make me repay what I did not steal. The psalmist’s enemies falsely accuse him and hold him accountable for alleged crimes he did not even commit. |
| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 75:2) |
3 tn Heb “I, [in] fairness, I judge.” The statement is understood in a generalizing sense; God typically executes fair judgment as he governs the world. One could take this as referring to an anticipated (future) judgment, “I will judge.” |
| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 78:5) |
2 tn Heb “which he commanded our fathers to make them known to their sons.” The plural suffix “them” probably refers back to the |
| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 78:69) |
2 tn Heb “like the earth, [which] he established permanently.” The feminine singular suffix on the Hebrew verb יָסַד (yasad, “to establish”) refers to the grammatically feminine noun “earth.” |
| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 79:1) |
1 sn Psalm 79. The author laments how the invading nations have destroyed the temple and city of Jerusalem. He asks God to forgive his people and to pour out his vengeance on those who have mistreated them. |
| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 81:7) |
1 tn Heb “I answered you in the hidden place of thunder.” This may allude to God’s self-revelation at Mount Sinai, where he appeared in a dark cloud accompanied by thunder (see Exod 19:16). |
| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 83:1) |
1 sn Psalm 83. The psalmist asks God to deliver Israel from the attacks of foreign nations. Recalling how God defeated Israel’s enemies in the days of Deborah and Gideon, he prays that the hostile nations would be humiliated. |
| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 85:10) |
1 tn The psalmist probably uses the perfect verbal forms in v. 10 in a dramatic or rhetorical manner, describing what he anticipates as if it were already occurring or had already occurred. |
| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 86:11) |
1 tn Heb “teach me your way.” The |
| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 95:1) |
1 sn Psalm 95. The psalmist summons Israel to praise God as the creator of the world and the nation’s protector, but he also reminds the people not to rebel against God. |
| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 102:6) |
3 sn By comparing himself to a screech owl among the ruins, the psalmist may be highlighting his loneliness (see v. 7), though he may also be comparing his cries for help to the owl’s screech. |
| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 102:23) |
1 tn Heb “he has afflicted my strength in the way.” The term “way” refers here to the course of the psalmist’s life, which appears to be ending prematurely (vv. 23b-24). |
| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 104:10) |
1 tn Heb “[the] one who sends springs into streams.” Another option is to translate, “he sends streams [i.e., streams that originate from springs] into the valleys” (cf. NIV). |
| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 104:24) |
1 tn Heb “How many [are] your works, O |
| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 105:1) |
1 sn Psalm 105. The psalmist summons Israel to praise God because he delivered his people from Egypt in fulfillment of his covenantal promises to Abraham. A parallel version of vv. 1-15 appears in 1 Chr 16:8-22. |
| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 105:16) |
1 tn Heb “and every staff of food he broke.” The psalmist refers to the famine that occurred in Joseph’s time (see v. 17 and Gen 41:53-57). |
| (0.49392208695652) | (Psa 107:20) |
1 tn Heb “he sent his word.” This probably refers to an oracle of assurance which announced his intention to intervene (see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 [WBC], 59). |
