⁴ tn The last part uses the impersonal verb “it would be at rest for me.”

¹ tc This last purpose clause has been omitted in some Greek versions.

¹ tc The last sentence of v. 25 is absent in the Syriac Peshitta.

² tn The precise meaning of this last word, translated “wreaths,” is uncertain.

² tn The precise meaning of this last word, translated “wreaths,” is uncertain.

⁴ tn The parallel version of the song in Ps 18 does not include this last line.

³ tn Heb “latter [act of] devotion”; NRSV “this last instance of your loyalty.”

¹ sn Regarding the last clause, see the notes on vv. 7 and 10 above.

² sn For the interpretation of this last clause see the note on Lev 7:20.

¹ tn This is the last phrase of the verse, moved forward for clarity.

² tn Heb “in the beginning” (see the note on the phrase “last time” in v. 18).

¹ tn Grk “and faith.” Here and before the following term καί (kai) has not been translated because English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the next to last and last terms in a list.

⁵ tn Heb “the remnant of them.” One could possibly translate, “every last one of them” (cf. NEB “to the last man”). This probably refers to those who survive the collapse of the temple, which may symbolize the northern kingdom.

² tc The reference to worship is lacking in the Western ms D, its last major omission in this Gospel.

³ tn Here “and” has been supplied between the last two elements in the series in keeping with English style.

² tn Grk “the way he breathed his last”; or “the way he expired”; or “that he thus breathed no more.”

³ tn NAB, NASB, NIV, NCV, and NLT have “in the last days.” But see the note at Gen 49:1.

³ tn Or “set them apart.” The last phrase of verse 12 appears to be a citation of Exod 31:13.

² sn See Jer 32:40 and the study note there for the nature of this lasting agreement.

² tn Heb “an object of lasting hissing. All who pass that way will be appalled and shake their head.”