Discovery Box| (0.38) | (Psa 76:3) | 2 sn This verse may allude to the miraculous defeat of the Assyrians in 701 b.c. (see Isa 36-37). |
| (0.38) | (Psa 74:4) | 1 tn This verb is often used of a lion’s roar, so the psalmist may be comparing the enemy to a raging, devouring lion. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 72:17) | 4 tn Heb “all the nations, may they regard him as happy.” The Piel is used here in a delocutive sense (“regard as”). |
| (0.38) | (Psa 70:2) | 1 tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed, the ones seeking my life.” Ps 40:14 has “together” after “ashamed,” and “to snatch it away” after “my life.” |
| (0.38) | (Psa 68:27) | 1 sn Little Benjamin, their ruler. This may allude to the fact that Israel’s first king, Saul, was from the tribe of Benjamin. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 68:13) | 2 tn The meaning of the Hebrew word translated “sheepfolds” is uncertain. There may be an echo of Judg 5:16 here. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 68:14) | 2 tn The Hebrew text adds “in it.” The third feminine singular pronominal suffix may refer back to God’s community/dwelling place (v. 10). |
| (0.38) | (Psa 60:1) | 2 tn The Hebrew expression means “lily of the testimony.” It may refer to a particular music style or to a tune title. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 45:1) | 5 tn Heb “my works [are] for a king.” The plural “works” may here indicate degree, referring to the special musical composition that follows. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 44:1) | 4 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 2; the same Hebrew word may be translated either “fathers” or “ancestors” depending on the context. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 37:5) | 1 tn Heb “roll your way upon the Lord.” The noun “way” may refer here to one’s activities or course of life. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 32:5) | 2 tn Heb “the wrongdoing of my sin.” By joining synonyms for “sin” in this way, the psalmist may be emphasizing the degree of his wrongdoing. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 17:2) | 2 tn Heb “May your eyes look at what is right.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as jussive. (See also the preceding note on the word “behalf.”) |
| (0.38) | (Psa 7:7) | 1 tn Heb “and the assembly of the peoples surrounds you.” Some understand the prefixed verbal form as a jussive, “may the assembly of the peoples surround you.” |
| (0.38) | (Psa 7:5) | 3 tn Heb “and may he overtake.” The prefixed verbal form is distinctly jussive. The object “me,” though unexpressed, is understood from the preceding statement. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 5:11) | 7 tn The vav (ו) with prefixed verbal form following the volitional “shelter them” indicates purpose or result (“so that those…may rejoice). |
| (0.38) | (Psa 3:2) | 2 sn The function of the Hebrew term סֶלָה (selah), transliterated here “Selah,” is uncertain. It may be a musical direction of some kind. |
| (0.38) | (Job 40:19) | 1 sn This may be a reference to Gen 1:24, where the first of the animal creation was the cattle—behemah (בְּהֵמָה). |
| (0.38) | (Job 39:14) | 1 tn The meaning may have the connotation of “lays; places,” rather than simply abandoning (see M. Dahood, “The Root ʿzb II in Job,” JBL 78 [1959]: 307f.). |
| (0.38) | (Job 38:30) | 1 tn Several suggest that the verb is not from חָבָא (khavaʾ, “to hide”) but from a homonym, “to congeal.” This may be too difficult to support, however. |
