25:9 May he show 1 the humble what is right! 2
May he teach 3 the humble his way!
51:17 The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit 4 –
O God, a humble and repentant heart 5 you will not reject. 6
107:12 So he used suffering to humble them; 7
they stumbled and no one helped them up.
1 tn The prefixed verbal form is jussive; the psalmist expresses his prayer.
2 tn Heb “may he guide the humble into justice.” The Hebrew term עֲנָוִים (’anavim, “humble”) usually refers to the oppressed, but in this context, where the psalmist confesses his sin and asks for moral guidance, it apparently refers to sinners who humble themselves before God and seek deliverance from their sinful condition.
3 tn The prefixed verbal form is interpreted as a jussive (it stands parallel to the jussive form, “may he guide”).
4 tn Heb “a broken spirit.”
5 tn Heb “a broken and crushed heart.”
6 tn Or “despise.”
7 tn Heb “and he subdued with suffering their heart.”