Discovery BoxPsalms 2:3 
Context2:3 They say, 1 “Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! 2
Let’s free ourselves from 3 their ropes!”
Psalms 88:8
Context88:8 You cause those who know me to keep their distance;
you make me an appalling sight to them.
I am trapped and cannot get free. 4
Psalms 142:7
Contextthat I may give thanks to your name.
Because of me the godly will assemble, 6
for you will vindicate me. 7
1 tn The words “they say” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The quotation represents the words of the rebellious kings.
2 tn Heb “their (i.e., the
3 tn Heb “throw off from us.”
4 tn Heb “[I am] confined and I cannot go out.”
5 tn Heb “bring out my life.”
6 tn Or “gather around.”
7 tn The Hebrew idiom גָּמַל עַל (gamal ’al) means “to repay,” here in a positive sense.
