¹ tn Heb “to those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 54:5; 59:10.

² tn Or “for.”

³ tn Some take the Hebrew term מָרוֹם (marom, “on high; above”) as an adverb modifying the preceding participle and translate, “proudly” (cf. NASB; NIV “in their pride”). The present translation assumes the term is a divine title here. The Lord is pictured as enthroned “on high” in Ps 92:8. (Note the substantival use of the term in Isa 24:4 and see C. A. Briggs and E. G. Briggs (Psalms [ICC], 2:34), who prefer to place the term at the beginning of the next verse.)

⁴ tn Heb “the hairy forehead of the one who walks about in his guilt.” The singular is representative.

⁵ tn Or “for.”

⁶ tn The Poel of חָנַן (khanan) occurs only here and in Prov 14:21, where it refers to having compassion on the poor.

⁷ tn Heb “her dust,” probably referring to the dust of the city’s rubble.

⁸ tn Heb “I am your servant, the son of your female servant.” The phrase “son of a female servant” (see also Ps 86:16) is used of a son born to a secondary wife or concubine (Exod 23:12). In some cases the child’s father is the master of the house (see Gen 21:10, 13; Judg 9:18). The use of the expression here certainly does not imply that the Lord has such a secondary wife or concubine! It is used metaphorically and idiomatically to emphasize the psalmist’s humility before the Lord and his status as the Lord’s servant.

⁹ tn Heb “you have loosed my bonds.” In this context the imagery refers to deliverance from death (see v. 3).

¹⁰ tn Or “for.”

¹¹ tn Or “sat.”

¹² tn Heb “Indeed, there they sit [on] thrones for judgment, [on] thrones [belonging] to the house of David.”