Psalms 38:15

38:15 Yet I wait for you, O Lord!

You will respond, O Lord, my God!

Psalms 78:17

78:17 Yet they continued to sin against him,

and rebelled against the sovereign One in the desert.

Psalms 78:30

78:30 They were not yet filled up,

their food was still in their mouths,

Psalms 78:56

78:56 Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God,

and did not obey his commands.

Psalms 82:7

82:7 Yet you will die like mortals;

you will fall like all the other rulers.”

Psalms 106:8

106:8 Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, 10 

that he might reveal his power.

Psalms 106:44

106:44 Yet he took notice of their distress,

when he heard their cry for help.

Psalms 119:95

119:95 The wicked prepare to kill me, 11 

yet I concentrate on your rules.

Psalms 119:141

119:141 I am insignificant and despised,

yet I do not forget your precepts.

Psalms 119:143

119:143 Distress and hardship confront 12  me,

yet I find delight in your commands.

Psalms 119:157

119:157 The enemies who chase me are numerous. 13 

Yet I do not turn aside from your rules.


tn Or perhaps “surely.”

tn Heb “rebelling [against] the Most High.”

tn Heb “they were not separated from their desire.”

tn Or “tested and rebelled against.”

tn Heb “God, the Most High.”

tn Or “keep.”

tn Heb “his testimonies” (see Ps 25:10).

tn Heb “men.” The point in the context is mortality, however, not maleness.

sn You will die like mortals. For the concept of a god losing immortality and dying, see Isa 14:12-15, which alludes to a pagan myth in which the petty god “Shining One, son of the Dawn,” is hurled into Sheol for his hubris.

tn Heb “like one of the rulers.” The comparison does not necessarily imply that they are not rulers. The expression “like one of” can sometimes mean “as one of” (Gen 49:16; Obad 11) or “as any other of” (Judg 16:7, 11).

10 tn Heb “his name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

11 tn Heb “the wicked wait for me to kill me.”

12 tn Heb “find.”

13 tn Heb “many [are] those who chase me and my enemies.”