Discovery BoxPsalms 5:5 
Context5:5 Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence; 1
you hate 2 all who behave wickedly. 3
Psalms 33:11
Context33:11 The Lord’s decisions stand forever;
his plans abide throughout the ages. 4
Psalms 76:7
Context76:7 You are awesome! Yes, you!
Who can withstand your intense anger? 5
Psalms 109:31
Context109:31 because he stands at the right hand of the needy,
to deliver him from those who threaten 6 his life.
Psalms 130:3
Context130:3 If you, O Lord, were to keep track of 7 sins,
O Lord, who could stand before you? 8
1 tn Heb “before your eyes.”
2 sn You hate. The
3 tn Heb “all the workers of wickedness.”
4 tn Heb “the thoughts of his heart for generation to generation.” The verb “abides” is supplied in the translation. The
5 tc Heb “and who can stand before you from the time of your anger?” The Hebrew expression מֵאָז (me’az, “from the time of”) is better emended to מֵאֹז (me’oz, “from [i.e., “because of”] the strength of your anger”; see Ps 90:11).
6 tn Heb “judge.”
7 tn Heb “observe.”
8 tn The words “before you” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The psalmist must be referring to standing before God’s judgment seat. The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No one.”
