Discovery Box| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 89:19) |
2 tc Many medieval |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 90:6) |
1 tn Or “flourishes.” The verb is used of a crown shining in Ps 132:18. Perhaps here in Ps 90:6 it refers to the glistening of the grass in the morning dew. |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 90:6) |
2 tn The Polel form of this verb occurs only here. Perhaps the form should be emended to a Qal (which necessitates eliminating the final lamed [ל] as dittographic). See Ps 37:2. |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 93:3) |
1 tn The Hebrew noun translated “waves” often refers to rivers or streams, but here it appears to refer to the surging waves of the sea (see v. Kir+Heres&tab=notes" ver="">4, Ps 24:2). |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 95:11) |
1 tn Heb “my resting place.” The promised land of Canaan is here viewed metaphorically as a place of rest for God’s people, who are compared to sheep (see v. Kir+Heres&tab=notes" ver="">7). |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 102:3) |
2 tn The Hebrew noun מוֹ־קֵד (mo-qed, “fireplace”) occurs only here, in Isa 33:14 (where it refers to the fire itself), and perhaps in Lev 6:2. |
| (0.13636015625) | (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. Kir+Heres&tab=notes" ver="">23b-24). |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 103:15) |
1 tn Heb “[as for] mankind, like grass [are] his days.” The Hebrew noun אֱנוֹשׁ (’enosh) is used here generically of human beings. What is said is true of all mankind. |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 105:25) |
2 tn Or “to deal deceptively.” The Hitpael of נָכַל (nakhal) occurs only here and in Gen 37:18, where it is used of Joseph’s brothers “plotting” to kill him. |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 108:13) |
1 tn Heb “in God we will accomplish strength.” The statement refers here to military success (see Num 24:18; 1 Sam 14:48; Pss 60:12; 118:16-16). |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 109:19) |
2 tn The Hebrew noun מֵזַח (mezakh, “belt; waistband”) occurs only here in the OT. The form apparently occurs in Isa 23:10 as well, but an emendation is necessary there. |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 112:1) |
4 tn Heb “in his commands he delights very much.” The words “in keeping” are supplied in the translation for clarification. Taking delight in the law is metonymic here for obeying God’s moral will. See Ps 1:2. |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 114:1) |
2 tn Heb “the house of Jacob from a nation speaking a foreign language.” The Hebrew verb לָעַז (la’at, “to speak a foreign language”) occurs only here in the OT. |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 118:26) |
1 sn The people refer here to the psalmist, who enters the |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 119:29) |
2 tn Heb “be gracious to me.” The verb is used metonymically here for “graciously giving” the law. (See Gen 33:5, where Jacob uses this verb in describing how God had graciously given him children.) |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 119:115) |
2 tn The psalmist has already declared that he observes God’s commands despite persecution, so here the idea must be “so that I might observe the commands of my God unhindered by threats.” |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 119:160) |
1 tn Heb “the head of your word is truth, and forever [is] all your just regulation.” The term “head” is used here of the “sum total” of God’s instructions. |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 123:1) |
4 tn Heb “sitting.” The Hebrew verb יָשַׁב (yashav) is here used metonymically of “sitting enthroned” (see Pss 9:7; 29:10; 55:19; 102:12). |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 125:5) |
2 tn Heb “lead them away.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive of prayer here (note the prayers directly before and after this). Another option is to translate, “the |
| (0.13636015625) | (Psa 126:6) |
1 tn The noun occurs only here and in Job 28:18 in the OT. See HALOT 646 s.v. I מֶשֶׁךְ which gives “leather pouch” as the meaning. |
