² tn Or “his intent.”

² tn Or “from gazing intently.”

³ tn Or “gazed intently.”

¹ tn That is, “remember” with the intention of repeating.

¹ tn Heb “do not remember,” with the intention of punishing.

³ tn The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive probably indicates purpose (“so that”) or intention.

³ tn The infinitive construct is understood here as indicating the result, not the intention, of their actions.

¹ tn The intent of this expression is that he does not object to the vow.

² tn The Hebrew verb means “to look intently; to gaze” (see 15:5).

¹ sn The “heart” is a metonymy of subject; it represents the intentions and choices that are made. “Pure of heart” uses “heart” as a genitive of specification. The expression refers to someone who has honest and clear intentions.

¹ sn The term “heart” is a metonymy of subject, referring to the seat of the spiritual and intellectual capacities—the mind, the will, the motivations and intentions. Proud ambitions and intentions will lead to a fall.

³ tn Or “he looked intently”; or “he stared with eyes wide open” (BDAG 226 s.v. διαβλέπω 1).

² sn This individual is gracious or kind in what he says; thus the verse is commending honest intentions and gracious words.

² tn Heb “because of those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 27:11; 56:2.

¹ tn Heb “two, three.” The narrator may be intentionally vague or uncertain here, or the two numbers may represent alternate traditions.

³ tn The form אֲכַפְּרָה (ʾakhapp^erah) is a Piel cohortative, expressing intention, though context suggests only a possibility of success.

¹ tn This verb starts a series of perfect verbal forms with vav (ו) consecutive to express God’s intentions.

³ tn The perfect verbal form is used here in a rhetorical manner to emphasize God’s intention.

³ tn BDAG 1106 s.v. ὡς 9 describes this use as “a final particle, expressing intention/purpose, with a view to, in order to.”

³ tn Grk “looking intently toward heaven, saw.” The participle ἀτενίσας (atenisas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.