¹ tn The active participles describe characteristic behavior.

² tn The imperfect verbal form emphasizes their characteristic behavior.

² tn The imperfect highlights the characteristic nature of the generalizing statement.

¹ tn The active participle describes what is characteristically true.

² tn The active participle here indicates this is characteristically true.

¹ tn The Hebrew participial form suggests such protection is characteristic.

² tn The redundancy in this verse is characteristic of the author’s rougher style.

¹ tn Heb “guards.” The active participle indicates this is a characteristic of the Lord.

¹ sn He does whatever he pleases. Such sovereignty is characteristic of kings (see Eccl 8:3).

³ tn Or “God makes it secure forever.” The imperfect highlights the characteristic nature of the generalizing statement.

³ tn The active participle indicates this is characteristically true. See v. 17.

² tn The three imperfect verbal forms in v. 4 highlight the characteristic behavior of the typical evildoer.

¹ tn Heb “redeems the life of his servants.” The Hebrew participial form suggests such deliverance is characteristic.

² sn That is, the sins characteristic of youths, who lack moral discretion and wisdom.

⁴ tn The two Hebrew imperfect verbal forms in this verse describe the Lord’s characteristic activity.

⁴ tn The two imperfect verbal forms in v. 4 describe God’s characteristic activity.

³ tn The imperfect verbal form highlights the Lord’s characteristic attitude toward such individuals.

¹ tn The verb is plural, and so it is addressed to the nation and not to Moses. The perfect tense in this sentence is the characteristic perfect, denoting action characteristic, or typical, of the past and the present.

³ tn Heb “take account of him.” The two imperfect verbal forms in v. 4 describe God’s characteristic activity.

³ tn The three imperfect verbal forms in v. 3 draw attention to the characteristic nature of the activity described.