90:4 Yes, 1 in your eyes a thousand years
are like yesterday that quickly passes,
or like one of the divisions of the nighttime. 2
90:15 Make us happy in proportion to the days you have afflicted us,
in proportion to the years we have experienced 3 trouble!
95:10 For forty years I was continually disgusted 4 with that generation,
and I said, ‘These people desire to go astray; 5
they do not obey my commands.’ 6
1 tn Or “for.”
2 sn The divisions of the nighttime. The ancient Israelites divided the night into distinct periods, or “watches.”
3 tn Heb “have seen.”
4 tn The prefixed verbal form is either a preterite or an imperfect. If the latter, it emphasizes the ongoing nature of the condition in the past. The translation reflects this interpretation of the verbal form.
5 tn Heb “a people, wanderers of heart [are] they.”
6 tn Heb “and they do not know my ways.” In this context the