Discovery BoxPsalms 25:22 
Contextfrom all their distress! 2
Psalms 40:7
Context40:7 Then I say,
“Look! I come!
What is written in the scroll pertains to me. 3
Psalms 104:17
Context104:17 where the birds make nests,
near the evergreens in which the herons live. 4
Psalms 105:38
Context105:38 Egypt was happy when they left,
for they were afraid of them. 5
Psalms 120:6
Context120:6 For too long I have had to reside
with those who hate 6 peace.
Psalms 147:9
Context147:9 He gives food to the animals,
and to the young ravens when they chirp. 7
1 tn Or “redeem.”
2 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.
3 tn Heb “in the roll of the scroll it is written concerning me.” Apparently the psalmist refers to the law of God (see v. 8), which contains the commandments God desires him to obey. If this is a distinctly royal psalm, then the psalmist/king may be referring specifically to the regulations of kingship prescribed in Deut 17:14-20. See P. C. Craigie, Psalms 1-50 (WBC), 315.
4 tn Heb “[the] heron [in the] evergreens [is] its home.”
sn The cedars and evergreens of the Lebanon forest are frequently associated (see, for example, 2 Chr 2:8; Isa 14:8; 37:24; Ezek 31:8).
5 tn Heb “for fear of them had fallen upon them.”
6 tn The singular participial form probably has a representative function here. The psalmist envisions the typical hater of peace who represents the entire category of such individuals.
7 tn Heb “which cry out.”
