¹ tn This is also a third class condition in the Greek text.

² tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text. It virtually confesses fraud.

³ tn This is a mixed condition, with ἄν (an) in the apodosis.

² tn This introduces a second class (contrary to fact) condition in the Greek text.

² tn This introduces a second class (contrary to fact) condition in the Greek text.

² tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.

¹ tc The ancient versions typically avoid the conditional element of v. 17.

² tn Heb “Upon the grounds of such conditions the nations have gone mad.”

¹ tn Or “punish” (NIV). The syntax of these two lines suggests a conditional clause (cf. NCV, NRSV).

⁴ sn In his weakened condition the psalmist is vulnerable to the taunts and threats of his enemies.

¹ tn This is understood because the conditional clauses seem to run to the apodosis in v. 15.

¹ tn The use of הֵן (hen, equivalent to הִנֵּה, hinneh, “behold”) introduces a hypothetical condition.

¹ sn Torn down. The condition of the altar symbolizes the spiritual state of the people.

¹ tn The word order gives the classification and then the condition: “a man, when he dies….”

¹ tn The infinitive absolute strengthens the modality of the clause, here emphasizing the alternative condition.

² tn The perfect verbal form with the vav (ו) consecutive introduces the apodosis of the conditional sentence.

¹ tn The perfect verbal form with the vav (ו) consecutive introduces the apodosis of the conditional sentence.

² tn This is a first-class conditional sentence with εἰ (ei) + aorist indicative in the protasis. Reality is assumed for the sake of argument with a first-class condition.

¹ tn The conditional particle εἰ (ei) together with καί (kai) here indicates a first class condition in Greek and carries a concessive force, especially when seen in contrast to the following phrase which begins with ἀλλά (alla).

¹ tn This is expressed in a first class condition, in contrast to the condition in v. 38b, which is third class. As such, v. 39 is rhetorically presented as the more likely option.