¹ tn Or “The common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities).

³ tn That is, “no eternal life” (as opposed to physical life).

¹ tn Heb “in place of my love they oppose me.”

² sn To hate evil means to actively oppose it.

² tn Or “in secret” (as opposed to publicly, so that the other mourners did not hear).

¹ tn Or “The common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities like the chief priests and Pharisees).

² tn Or “The common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities like the Pharisees).

³ tn Or “among the common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities mentioned in the previous verse).

¹ tn Or “The common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities mentioned in 7:15).

⁴ tn Heb “the beasts of the field,” referring to wild as opposed to domesticated animals.

¹ tn Heb “the beasts of the field,” referring to wild as opposed to domesticated animals.

¹ tn Heb “hand” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “No one can oppose what I do.”

³ sn Edom is mentioned here as epitomizing the hostile nations that oppose God.

³ sn God delivers the downtrodden and oppressed, but sinful rebels who oppose his reign are treated appropriately.

⁴ tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”

² tn The word is שָׂטָן (satan, “to be an adversary, to oppose”).

¹ tn Heb “earth,” but here the term refers to the dry ground as opposed to the sea.

³ tn The disjunctive clause structure (vav [ו] + subject + verb) here introduces either an attendant circumstance (“when the Lord has opposed me”) or an explanation (“seeing that the Lord has opposed me”).

³ tn Grk “the sleep of slumber”; this is a redundant expression to emphasize physical sleep as opposed to death.

¹ tn Or “among the common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities like the chief priests and Pharisees).