Discovery BoxPsalms 25:13 
Context25:13 They experience his favor; 1
their descendants 2 inherit the land. 3
Psalms 25:22
Contextfrom all their distress! 5
Psalms 69:23
Context69:23 May their eyes be blinded! 6
Make them shake violently! 7
Psalms 104:21
Context104:21 The lions roar for prey,
seeking their food from God. 8
Psalms 105:31
Context105:31 He ordered flies to come; 9
gnats invaded their whole territory.
Psalms 106:15
Context106:15 He granted their request,
then struck them with a disease. 10
Psalms 106:18
Context106:18 Fire burned their group;
the flames scorched the wicked. 11
Psalms 106:35-37
Context106:35 They mixed in with the nations
and learned their ways. 12
106:36 They worshiped 13 their idols,
which became a snare to them. 14
106:37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. 15
Psalms 106:46
Context106:46 He caused all their conquerors 16
to have pity on them.
Psalms 115:2
Context115:2 Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Psalms 129:3
Context129:3 The plowers plowed my back;
they made their furrows long.
Psalms 147:3
Context147:3 He heals 17 the brokenhearted,
and bandages their wounds.
1 tn Heb “his life in goodness dwells.” The singular is representative (see v. 14).
2 tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”
3 tn Or “earth.”
4 tn Or “redeem.”
5 tn Heb “his distresses.”
sn O God, rescue Israel from all their distress. It is possible that the psalmist speaks on behalf of the nation throughout this entire psalm. Another option is that v. 22 is a later addition to the psalm which applies an original individual lament to the covenant community. If so, it may reflect an exilic setting.
6 tn Heb “may their eyes be darkened from seeing.”
7 tn Heb “make their hips shake continually.”
8 sn The lions’ roaring is viewed as a request for food from God.
9 tn Heb “he spoke and flies came.”
10 tn Heb “and he sent leanness into their being.”
sn Disease. See Num 11:33-34, where this plague is described.
11 sn Verses 16-18 describe the events of Num 16:1-40.
12 tn Heb “their deeds.”
13 tn Or “served.”
14 sn Became a snare. See Exod 23:33; Judg 2:3.
15 tn The Hebrew term שֵׁדִים (shedim, “demons”) occurs only here and in Deut 32:17. Some type of lesser deity is probably in view.
16 tn Or “captors.”
17 tn Heb “the one who heals.”
