16:2 I say to the Lord, “You are the Lord,
my only source of well-being.” 1
37:8 Do not be angry and frustrated! 2
Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!
39:7 But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying?
You are my only hope! 3
139:19 If only 4 you would kill the wicked, O God!
Get away from me, you violent men! 5
1 tn Heb “my good [is] not beyond you.” For the use of the preposition עַל (’al) in the sense of “beyond,” see BDB 755 s.v. 2.
2 tn Heb “Refrain from anger! Abandon rage!”
3 tn Heb “my hope, for you it [is].”
4 tn The Hebrew particle אִם (’im, “if”) and following prefixed verbal form here express a wish (see Pss 81:8; 95:7, as well as GKC 321 §109.b).
5 tn Heb “men of bloodshed.”