55:14 We would share personal thoughts with each other; 1
in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd.
68:25 Singers walk in front;
musicians follow playing their stringed instruments, 2
in the midst of young women playing tambourines. 3
נ (Nun)
119:105 Your word 4 is a lamp to walk by,
and a light to illumine my path. 5
1 tn Heb “who together we would make counsel sweet.” The imperfect verbal forms here and in the next line draw attention to the ongoing nature of the actions (the so-called customary use of the imperfect). Their relationship was characterized by such intimacy and friendship. See IBHS 502-3 §31.2b.
2 tn Heb “after [are] the stringed instrument players.”
3 sn To celebrate a military victory, women would play tambourines (see Exod 15:20; Judg 11:34; 1 Sam 18:6).
4 tn Many medieval Hebrew
5 tn Heb “[is] a lamp for my foot and a light for my path.”