Discovery Box| (1.00) | (Hab 1:3) | 2 sn Habakkuk complains that God tolerates social injustice and fails to intervene on behalf of the oppressed (put up with wrongdoing). |
| (1.00) | (Psa 4:6) | 1 sn Smile upon us. Though many are discouraged, the psalmist asks the Lord to intervene and transform the situation. |
| (0.86) | (Joh 3:22) | 1 tn This section is related loosely to the preceding by μετὰ ταῦτα (meta tauta). This constitutes an indefinite temporal reference; the intervening time is not specified. |
| (0.86) | (Psa 98:1) | 2 sn A new song is appropriate because the Lord is constantly intervening in the world as its just king. See Ps 96:1. |
| (0.86) | (Psa 40:3) | 1 sn A new song was appropriate because the Lord had intervened in the psalmist’s experience in a fresh and exciting way. |
| (0.86) | (Psa 33:3) | 1 sn A new song is appropriate because the Lord is constantly intervening in the lives of his people in fresh and exciting ways. |
| (0.86) | (Psa 22:15) | 3 sn Here the psalmist addresses God and suggests that God is ultimately responsible for what is happening because of his failure to intervene (see vv. 1-2, 11). |
| (0.86) | (Psa 21:13) | 1 sn The psalm concludes with a petition to the Lord, asking him to continue to intervene in strength for the king and nation. |
| (0.86) | (Psa 7:1) | 1 sn Psalm 7. The psalmist asks the Lord to intervene and deliver him from his enemies. He protests his innocence and declares his confidence in God’s justice. |
| (0.86) | (Psa 5:1) | 1 sn Psalm 5. Appealing to God’s justice and commitment to the godly, the psalmist asks the Lord to intervene and deliver him from evildoers. |
| (0.86) | (1Ch 12:2) | 2 tn The words “These were” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons because of the length of the intervening material since the beginning of the verse. |
| (0.86) | (Gen 26:3) | 2 sn I will be with you and I will bless you. The promise of divine presence is a promise to intervene to protect and to bless. |
| (0.71) | (Psa 119:123) | 1 tn Heb “my eyes fail for your deliverance.” The psalmist has intently kept his eyes open, looking for God to intervene, but now his eyes are watery and bloodshot, impairing his vision. See the similar phrase in v. 82. |
| (0.71) | (Psa 119:82) | 1 tn Heb “my eyes fail for your word.” The psalmist has intently kept his eyes open, looking for God to intervene, but now his eyes are watery and bloodshot, impairing his vision. See Ps 69:3. |
| (0.71) | (Psa 107:20) | 1 tn Heb “he sent his word.” This probably refers to an oracle of assurance which announced his intention to intervene (see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 [WBC], 59). |
| (0.71) | (Psa 96:1) | 2 sn A new song is appropriate because the Lord is constantly intervening in the world as its just king. See also Pss 33:3; 40:3; 98:1. |
| (0.71) | (Psa 69:3) | 2 tn Heb “my eyes fail from waiting for my God.” The psalmist has intently kept his eyes open, looking for God to intervene, but now his eyes are watery and bloodshot, impairing his vision. |
| (0.71) | (Psa 29:11) | 3 tn Heb “blesses his people with peace.” The Hebrew term שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”) probably refers here to the protection and prosperity experienced by God’s people after the Lord intervenes in battle on their behalf. |
| (0.71) | (Psa 22:25) | 2 tn Heb “my vows I will fulfill before those who fear him.” When asking the Lord for help, the psalmists would typically promise to praise the Lord publicly if he intervened and delivered them. |
| (0.71) | (Psa 9:15) | 2 sn The hostility of the nations against God’s people is their downfall, for it prompts God to intervene and destroy them. See also Ps 7:15-16. |
