² tn That is, more than one would normally expect or anticipate.

⁵ tn The rhetorical questions anticipate the answer, “Of course not!”

² tn The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion of the anticipated birth.

⁴ tn This question, prefaced with οὐκ (ouk) in Greek, anticipates a positive answer.

⁴ tn The question anticipates the answer, “Ready to disappear!” See v. 14.

¹ tn Heb “these.” The demonstrative pronoun anticipates “priests and prophets” two lines later.

¹ tn Heb “O devastated daughter of Babylon.” The psalmist dramatically anticipates Babylon’s demise.

⁴ tn Heb “Of whom shall I be afraid?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “No one!”

³ tn Heb “Whom shall I fear?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “No one.”

⁴ tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”

⁵ tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”

⁶ sn The anointed one is the anticipated king of Israel, as the preceding line makes clear.

³ tn The Greek construction anticipates a negative answer, indicated by the ‘tag’ question “did he?” at the end of the clause.

⁴ tn The Greek construction anticipates a negative reply which is indicated in the translation by the ‘tag’ question, “was it?”

¹ sn The people were filled with anticipation because they were hoping God would send someone to deliver them.

³ tn Heb “Should the clay say to the one who forms it,…?” The rhetorical question anticipates a reply, “Of course not!”

¹ tn The perfect verbal form is used for rhetorical effect; it describes an anticipated development as if it were already reality.

² sn Who will stand up for me…? The questions anticipate the answer, “No one except God” (see v. 17).

¹ tn The name “Obed” means “one who serves,” perhaps anticipating how he would help Naomi (see v. 15).