Psalms 16:2

16:2 I say to the Lord, “You are the Lord,

my only source of well-being.”

Psalms 37:8

37:8 Do not be angry and frustrated!

Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!

Psalms 39:7

39:7 But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying?

You are my only hope!

Psalms 139:19

139:19 If only you would kill the wicked, O God!

Get away from me, you violent men!


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.

tn Heb “Refrain from anger! Abandon rage!”

tn Heb “my hope, for you it [is].”

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).

tn Heb “men of bloodshed.”