Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Pro 2:6) | 2 tn The verb is an imperfect tense which probably functions as a habitual imperfect describing a universal truth in the past, present and future. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 1:23) | 4 tn The Hiphil cohortative of נָבַע (navaʿ, “to pour out”) describes the speaker’s resolution to pour out wisdom on those who respond. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 106:43) | 1 tn The prefixed verbal form is either preterite or imperfect, in which case it is customary, describing repeated action in past time (“he would deliver”). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 104:6) | 3 sn Verse 6 refers to the condition described in Gen 1:2 (note the use of the Hebrew term תְּהוֹם [tehom, “watery deep”] in both texts). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 102:19) | 2 tn The perfect verbal forms in v. 19 are functioning as future perfects, indicating future actions that will precede the future developments described in v. 18. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 102:17) | 3 tn The perfect verbal forms in vv. 16-17 are functioning as future perfects, indicating future actions that will precede the future developments described in v. 15. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 102:4) | 3 sn I am unable to eat food. During his time of mourning, the psalmist refrained from eating. In the following verse he describes metaphorically the physical effects of fasting. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 99:7) | 1 sn A pillar of cloud. The psalmist refers to the reality described in Exod 33:9-10; Num 12:5; and Deut 31:15. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 94:23) | 1 tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive is used in a rhetorical sense, describing an anticipated development as if it were already reality. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 73:21) | 3 tn Heb “and [in] my kidneys I was pierced.” The imperfect verbal form here describes a continuing condition in a past time frame. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 68:1) | 2 tn Or “rises up.” The verb form is an imperfect, not a jussive. The psalmist is describing God’s appearance in battle in a dramatic fashion. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 60:2) | 1 sn You made the earth quake; you split it open. The psalmist uses the imagery of an earthquake to describe the nation’s defeat. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 48:14) | 1 tn Heb “for this is God, our God, forever and ever.” “This” might be paraphrased, “this protector described and praised in the preceding verses.” |
| (0.30) | (Psa 47:4) | 2 tn Heb “the pride of.” The phrase is appositional to “our inheritance,” indicating that the land is here described as a source of pride to God’s people. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 46:8) | 2 tn Heb “who sets desolations in the earth” (see Isa 13:9). The active participle describes God’s characteristic activity as a warrior. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 36:12) | 2 tn The psalmist uses perfect verbal forms in v. 12 to describe the demise of the wicked as if it has already taken place. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 17:9) | 2 tn Heb “destroy.” The psalmist uses the perfect verbal form to emphasize the degree of danger. He describes the wicked as being already in the process of destroying him. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 12:2) | 1 tn Heb “falsehood they speak, a man with his neighbor.” The imperfect verb forms in v. 2 describe what is typical in the psalmist’s experience. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 9:8) | 1 tn Heb “the peoples.” The imperfect verbal forms in v. 8 either describe God’s typical, characteristic behavior, or anticipate a future judgment of worldwide proportions (“will judge…”). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 5:12) | 4 tn Heb “surround.” In 1 Sam 23:26 the verb describes how Saul and his men hemmed David in as they chased him. |
