³ tn Grk “is sinning, being self-condemned.”

² tn Or “self-confident”; NAB “overconfident.”

¹ tn Or “self-assured”; NASB, NRSV “who are at ease.”

⁴ sn Israel’s devotion to her idols is inordinate, irrational, and self-destructive.

³ tn The words “self-professed” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

² sn For poetic effect the psalmist addresses his soul, or inner self.

² sn For poetic effect the psalmist addresses his soul, or inner self.

² sn For poetic effect the psalmist addresses his soul, or inner self.

² sn The author’s self-designation, the elder, is in keeping with the reticence of the author of the Gospel of John to identify himself. This is the same self-designation used by the author of 2 John.

² sn The author’s self-designation, the elder, is in keeping with the reticence of the author of the Gospel of John to identify himself. This is the same self-designation used by the author of 3 John.

¹ sn The Lord answers Ephraim’s self-assertion (“I am rich!”) with a self-introduction formula (“I am the Lord your God!”) that introduces judgment oracles and ethical instructions.

¹ tn This figurative use operates on a relative scale. God is to be loved more than family or self.

² sn Note how often the first person pronoun is present in these verses. The farmer is totally self absorbed.

⁵ sn Perhaps the servant here speaks to his enemies and warns them that they will self-destruct.

⁴ sn Wicked, self-serving people find destructive speech appealing. They should be rebuked and not tolerated (Lev 19:17).

² sn The people’s public display of self-effacing piety has gone unrewarded by the Lord. The reason, of course, is that it was blatantly hypocritical.

² sn The hostile nations’ plans to destroy God’s people will come to nothing; their hostility will end up being self-destructive.

¹ sn The expression the house of merrymaking refers to a banquet where those who attend engage in self-indulgent feasting and riotous drinking.

³ sn Agur requested an honest life (not deceitful) and a balanced life (not self-sufficient). The second request about his provision is clarified in v. 9.

⁵ sn The portrait in this proverb is not merely of one who is self-sufficient, but one who is insolent, scornful, and arrogant.