For the music director, to be accompanied by wind instruments; 2 a psalm of David.
5:1 Listen to what I say, 3 Lord!
Carefully consider my complaint! 4
45:8 All your garments are perfumed with 5 myrrh, aloes, and cassia.
From the luxurious palaces 6 comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy. 7
For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of Asaph, a song.
76:1 God has revealed himself in Judah; 9
in Israel his reputation 10 is great.
1 sn Psalm 5. Appealing to God’s justice and commitment to the godly, the psalmist asks the Lord to intervene and deliver him from evildoers.
2 tn The meaning of the Hebrew word נְחִילוֹת (nÿkhilot), which occurs only here, is uncertain. Many relate the form to חָלִיל (khalil, “flute”).
3 tn Heb “my words.”
4 tn Or “sighing.” The word occurs only here and in Ps 39:3.
5 tn The words “perfumed with” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
6 tn Heb “the palaces of ivory.” The phrase “palaces of ivory” refers to palaces that had ivory panels and furniture decorated with ivory inlays. Such decoration with ivory was characteristic of a high level of luxury. See 1 Kgs 22:39 and Amos 3:15.
7 tn Heb “from the palaces of ivory stringed instrument[s] make you happy.”
8 sn Psalm 76. The psalmist depicts God as a mighty warrior who destroys Israel’s enemies.
9 tn Or “God is known in Judah.”
10 tn Heb “name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.