Discovery BoxPsalms 7:15 
Contextand then falls into the hole he has made. 2
Psalms 18:9
Context18:9 He made the sky sink 3 as he descended;
a thick cloud was under his feet.
Psalms 44:14
Context44:14 You made us 4 an object of ridicule 5 among the nations;
foreigners treat us with contempt. 6
Psalms 78:16
Context78:16 He caused streams to flow from the rock,
and made the water flow like rivers.
Psalms 78:66
Context78:66 He drove his enemies back;
he made them a permanent target for insults. 7
Psalms 80:5-6
Context80:5 You have given them tears as food; 8
you have made them drink tears by the measure. 9
80:6 You have made our neighbors dislike us, 10
and our enemies insult us.
Psalms 80:15
Context80:15 the root 11 your right hand planted,
the shoot you made to grow! 12
Psalms 89:40
Context89:40 You have broken down all his 13 walls;
you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.
Psalms 95:5
Context95:5 The sea is his, for he made it.
His hands formed the dry land.
Psalms 96:5
Context96:5 For all the gods of the nations are worthless, 14
but the Lord made the sky.
Psalms 104:7
Context104:7 Your shout made the waters retreat;
at the sound of your thunderous voice they hurried off –
Psalms 104:26
Context104:26 The ships travel there,
and over here swims the whale 15 you made to play in it.
Psalms 105:8
Context105:8 He always remembers his covenantal decree,
the promise he made 16 to a thousand generations –
Psalms 105:21
Context105:21 He put him in charge of his palace, 17
and made him manager of all his property,
Psalms 105:42
Context105:42 Yes, 18 he remembered the sacred promise 19
he made to Abraham his servant.
Psalms 106:19
Context106:19 They made an image of a calf at Horeb,
and worshiped a metal idol.
Psalms 106:26
Context106:26 So he made a solemn vow 20
that he would make them die 21 in the desert,
Psalms 106:29
Context106:29 They made the Lord angry 22 by their actions,
and a plague broke out among them.
Psalms 106:32
Context106:32 They made him angry by the waters of Meribah,
and Moses suffered 23 because of them,
Psalms 119:38
Context119:38 Confirm to your servant your promise, 24
which you made to the one who honors you. 25
Psalms 136:7
Context136:7 to the one who made the great lights,
for his loyal love endures,
Psalms 138:3
Context138:3 When 26 I cried out for help, you answered me.
You made me bold and energized me. 27
Psalms 145:9-10
Context145:9 The Lord is good to all,
and has compassion on all he has made. 28
145:10 All he has made will give thanks to the Lord.
Your loyal followers will praise you.
1 tn Heb “a pit he digs and he excavates it.” Apparently the imagery of hunting is employed; the wicked sinner digs this pit to entrap and destroy his intended victim. The redundancy in the Hebrew text has been simplified in the translation.
2 tn The verb forms in vv. 15-16 describe the typical behavior and destiny of those who attempt to destroy others. The image of the evildoer falling into the very trap he set for his intended victim emphasizes the appropriate nature of God’s judgment.
3 tn The Hebrew verb נָטָה (natah) can carry the sense “[cause to] bend, bow down.” For example, Gen 49:15 pictures Issachar as a donkey that “bends” its shoulder or back under a burden. Here the
4 tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
5 tn Heb “a proverb,” or “[the subject of] a mocking song.”
6 tn Heb “a shaking of the head among the peoples.” Shaking the head was a derisive gesture (see Jer 18:16; Lam 2:15).
7 tn Heb “a permanent reproach he made them.”
8 tn Heb “you have fed them the food of tears.”
9 tn Heb “[by] the third part [of a measure].” The Hebrew term שָׁלִישׁ (shalish, “third part [of a measure]”) occurs only here and in Isa 40:12.
10 tn Heb “you have made us an object of contention to our neighbors.”
11 tn The Hebrew noun occurs only here in the OT. HALOT 483 s.v. III כֵּן emends the form to כַּנָּהּ (kannah, “its shoot”).
12 tn Heb “and upon a son you strengthened for yourself.” In this context, where the extended metaphor of the vine dominates, בֵּן (ben, “son”) probably refers to the shoots that grow from the vine. Cf. Gen 49:22.
13 tn The king here represents the land and cities over which he rules.
14 tn The Hebrew term אֱלִילִים (’elilim, “worthless”) sounds like אֱלֹהִים (’elohim, “gods”). The sound play draws attention to the statement.
15 tn Heb “[and] this Leviathan, [which] you formed to play in it.” Elsewhere Leviathan is a multiheaded sea monster that symbolizes forces hostile to God (see Ps 74:14; Isa 27:1), but here it appears to be an actual marine creature created by God, probably some type of whale.
16 tn Heb “[the] word he commanded.” The text refers here to God’s unconditional covenantal promise to Abraham and the patriarchs, as vv. 10-12 make clear.
17 tn Heb “he made him master of his house.”
18 tn Or “for.”
19 tn Heb “his holy word.”
20 tn Heb “and he lifted his hand to [or “concerning”] them.” The idiom “to lift a hand” here refers to swearing an oath. One would sometimes solemnly lift one’s hand when making such a vow (see Ezek 20:5-6, 15).
21 tn Heb “to cause them to fall.”
22 tn Heb “They made angry [him].” The pronominal suffix is omitted here, but does appear in a few medieval Hebrew
23 tn Heb “there was harm to Moses.”
24 tn Heb “word.”
25 tn Heb “which [is] for your fear,” that is, the promise made to those who exhibit fear of God.
26 tn Heb “in the day.”
27 tn Heb “you made me bold in my soul [with] strength.”
28 tn Heb “and his compassion is over all his works.”
