38:15 Yet 1 I wait for you, O Lord!
You will respond, O Lord, my God!
78:17 Yet they continued to sin against him,
and rebelled against the sovereign One 2 in the desert.
78:30 They were not yet filled up, 3
their food was still in their mouths,
78:56 Yet they challenged and defied 4 the sovereign God, 5
and did not obey 6 his commands. 7
82:7 Yet you will die like mortals; 8
you will fall like all the other rulers.” 9
106:8 Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, 10
that he might reveal his power.
106:44 Yet he took notice of their distress,
when he heard their cry for help.
119:95 The wicked prepare to kill me, 11
yet I concentrate on your rules.
119:141 I am insignificant and despised,
yet I do not forget your precepts.
119:143 Distress and hardship confront 12 me,
yet I find delight in your commands.
119:157 The enemies who chase me are numerous. 13
Yet I do not turn aside from your rules.
1 tn Or perhaps “surely.”
2 tn Heb “rebelling [against] the Most High.”
3 tn Heb “they were not separated from their desire.”
4 tn Or “tested and rebelled against.”
5 tn Heb “God, the Most High.”
6 tn Or “keep.”
7 tn Heb “his testimonies” (see Ps 25:10).
8 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.
9 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.”