Discovery BoxPsalms 35:5 
Context35:5 May they be 1 like wind-driven chaff,
as the Lord’s angel 2 attacks them! 3
Psalms 71:1
Context71:1 In you, O Lord, I have taken shelter!
Never let me be humiliated!
Psalms 107:22
Context107:22 Let them present thank offerings,
and loudly proclaim what he has done! 5
Psalms 109:10
Context109:10 May his children 6 roam around begging,
asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home! 7
Psalms 118:3
Context118:3 Let the family 8 of Aaron say,
“Yes, his loyal love endures!”
Psalms 119:133
Context119:133 Direct my steps by your word! 9
Do not let any sin dominate me!
1 tn The prefixed verbal form is taken as a jussive. See v. 4.
2 sn See the mention of the
3 tn Heb “as the
4 sn Psalm 71. The psalmist prays for divine intervention and expresses his confidence that God will protect and vindicate him. The first three verses are very similar to Ps 31:1-3a.
5 tn Heb “and let them proclaim his works with a ringing cry.”
6 tn Or “sons.”
7 tn Heb “and roaming, may his children roam and beg, and seek from their ruins.” Some, following the LXX, emend the term וְדָרְשׁוּ (vÿdoreshu, “and seek”) to יְגֹרְשׁוּ (yÿgoreshu; a Pual jussive, “may they be driven away” [see Job 30:5; cf. NIV, NRSV]), but דָּרַשׁ (darash) nicely parallels שִׁאֵלוּ (shi’elu, “and beg”) in the preceding line.
8 tn Heb “house.”
