Discovery Box| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 42:5) |
3 tn Heb “and [why] are you in turmoil upon me?” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive here carries on the descriptive present nuance of the preceding imperfect. See GKC 329 §111.t. |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 42:6) |
4 tn The Hebrew term מִצְעָר (mits’ar) is probably a proper name (“Mizar”), designating a particular mountain in the Hermon region. The name appears only here in the OT. |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 43:3) |
2 sn God’s deliverance is compared here to a light which will lead the psalmist back home to the Lord’s temple. Divine deliverance will in turn demonstrate the Lord’s faithfulness to his people. |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 44:3) |
3 tn Heb “your right hand.” The |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 44:5) |
3 tn Heb “in your name.” The |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 44:10) |
2 tn Heb “plunder for themselves.” The prepositional phrase לָמוֹ (lamo, “for themselves”) here has the nuance “at their will” or “as they please” (see Ps 80:6). |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 46:1) |
4 tn Heb “a helper in times of trouble he is found [to be] greatly.” The perfect verbal form has a generalizing function here. The adverb מְאֹד (mÿ’od, “greatly”) has an emphasizing function. |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 48:6) |
1 tn Heb “trembling seizes them there.” The adverb שָׁם (sham, “there”) is used here, as often in poetic texts, to point “to a spot in which a scene is localized vividly in the imagination” (BDB 1027 s.v.). |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 48:8) |
2 tn Heb “the |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 49:3) |
1 tn Heb “my mouth will speak wisdom.” According to BDB 315 s.v. חָכְמָה the plural חָכְמוֹת (khokhmot, “wisdom”) indicates degree or emphasis here. |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 49:10) |
2 tn The subject of the verb is probably the typical “man” mentioned in v. Kir+Heres&tab=notes" ver="">7. The imperfect can be taken here as generalizing or as indicating potential (“surely he/one can see”). |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 49:10) |
3 tn The imperfect verbal forms here and in the next line draw attention to what is characteristically true. The vav (ו) consecutive with perfect in the third line carries the same force. |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 49:14) |
2 tn Heb “death will shepherd them,” that is, death itself (personified here as a shepherd) will lead them like a flock of helpless, unsuspecting sheep to Sheol, the underworld, the land of the dead. |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 50:3) |
1 tn According to GKC 322 §109.e, the jussive (note the negative particle אַל, ’al) is used rhetorically here “to express the conviction that something cannot or should not happen.” |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 50:10) |
1 tn Heb “[the] animals on a thousand hills.” The words “that graze” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The term בְּהֵמוֹה (bÿhemot, “animal”) refers here to cattle (see Ps 104:14). |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 50:11) |
2 tn The precise referent of the Hebrew word, which occurs only here and in Ps 80:13, is uncertain. Aramaic, Arabic and Akkadian cognates refer to insects, such as locusts or crickets. |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 51:11) |
2 sn Your Holy Spirit. The personal Spirit of God is mentioned frequently in the OT, but only here and in Isa 63:10-11 is he called “your/his Holy Spirit.” |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 52:5) |
1 tn The adverb גַּם (gam, “also; even”) is translated here in an adversative sense (“yet”). It highlights the contrastive correspondence between the evildoer’s behavior and God’s response. |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 54:1) |
4 tn God’s “name” refers here to his reputation and revealed character, which would instill fear in the psalmist’s enemies (see C. A. Briggs and E. G. Briggs, Psalms [ICC], 2:17). |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 55:8) |
1 tn Heb “[the] wind [that] sweeps away.” The verb סָעָה (sa’ah, “sweep away”) occurs only here in the OT (see H. R. Cohen, Biblical Hapax Legomena [SBLDS], 120). |
