⁴ sn There may be a conscious effort by the sage to contrast “soul” and “body”: He contrasts the benefits of kindness for the “soul” (translated “himself”) with the trouble that comes to the “flesh/body” (translated “himself”) of the cruel.

² tn Heb “on behalf of himself and on behalf of the people.” After “on behalf of himself” the LXX adds the expected “and on behalf of his household” (cf. vv. 6, 11, and 17).

³ tn Heb “to roll himself upon us and to cause himself to fall upon us.” The infinitives here indicate the purpose (as viewed by the brothers) for their being brought to Joseph’s house.

³ tn Grk “he himself promised.” The repetition of the cognate verb “promised” after the noun “promise” is redundant in English.

¹ sn Allowed to live by himself. Paul continued to have a generous prison arrangement (cf. Acts 27:3).

² tn BDAG 377 s.v. ἐπιπίπτω 1.b has “ἐπέπεσεν αὐτῷ he threw himself upon him Ac 20:10.”

³ sn Everyone who exalts himself. See Luke 14:11. Jesus often called for humility and condemned those who sought honor.

² tn Grk “to himself, saying.” The participle λέγων (legōn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated here.

² sn Jesus linked himself to the disciples’ message: Responding to the disciples (listens to you) counts as responding to him.

¹ sn Note that here the angel of the Lord is clearly distinct from the Lord who rules over all himself.

¹ sn The prophet Micah speaks here and contrasts himself with the mercenaries just denounced by the Lord in the preceding verses.

² tn Heb “a day when man humbles himself.” The words “Do I want” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹ tn Heb “he will be entreated.” The Niphal has a tolerative sense here, “he will allow himself to be entreated.”

¹ sn A shrewd person knows how to use knowledge wisely, and restrains himself from revealing all he knows.

² tn The term גֹּמֶל (gomel) means “to deal fully [or “adequately”] with” someone or something. The kind person will benefit himself.

¹ tn The psalmist uses the singular because he is referring to himself here as representative of a larger group.

¹ sn Here is the apodosis, the imprecation Job pronounces on himself if he has done any of these things just listed.

¹ tn Heb “and with all their desire they sought him and he allowed himself to be found by them.”

³ tn Heb “said”; the words “to himself” are implied, given the secrecy surrounding Samuel’s mission to Bethlehem (v. 2).

¹ tn Heb “and he gave his voice in weeping,” meaning that Joseph could not restrain himself and wept out loud.