² tn Or “resolved.”

² tn Or “determined,” “resolved.”

¹ tn Heb “Be resolved and accept two talents.”

¹ tn The cohortative indicates the Lord’s resolve.

¹ tn The cohortative form indicates the psalmist’s resolve.

¹ tn The cohortative expresses Elihu’s resolve to speak.

⁶ sn Legal disputes were resolved in the city gate, where the town elders met.

¹ tn The cohortative verbal form expresses the psalmist’s resolve to obey the law.

¹ tn The cohortative verbal forms in this verse express the psalmist’s resolve.

¹ tn The cohortative verbal form expresses the psalmist’s resolve/vow to praise.

² tn Or “issues to resolve.” The term is simply דְּבָרִים (d^evarim, “words, things, matters”).

² tn The cohortative expresses Shechem’s resolve to have Dinah as his wife.

⁵ tn The cohortative here expresses Esau’s determined resolve to kill Jacob.

² sn In ancient Israelite culture, legal disputes were resolved in the city gate, where the town elders met.

² sn Legal disputes were resolved at the city gate, where the town elders met. See Amos 5:10.

¹ tn The verb form is cohortative, indicating the psalmist’s resolve (or vow) to praise the Lord when deliverance arrives.

³ tn The cohortative forms in vv. 1-2 express the psalmist’s resolve to praise God publicly.

¹ tn The perfect verbs in this verse should be classified as perfects of resolve: “I have decided to open…speak.”

² tn BDAG 255 s.v. δοκέω 2.b.β lists this verse under the meaning “it seems best to me, I decide, I resolve.”

¹ tn BDAG 255 s.v. δοκέω 2.b.β lists this verse under the meaning “it seems best to me, I decide, I resolve.”