(0.30) | (Psa 26:9) | 2 tn Heb “or with men of bloodshed my life.” The verb is supplied; it is understood by ellipsis (see the preceding line). |
(0.30) | (Psa 26:4) | 2 tn Heb “go.” The psalmist uses the imperfect form of the verb to emphasize that he does not make a practice of associating with such people. |
(0.30) | (Psa 26:5) | 2 tn Heb “sit.” The psalmist uses the imperfect form of the verb to emphasize that he does not make a practice of associating with such people. |
(0.30) | (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. |
(0.30) | (Psa 21:12) | 2 tn Heb “with your bowstrings you fix against their faces,” i.e., “you fix your arrows on the bowstrings to shoot at them.” |
(0.30) | (Psa 21:4) | 1 tn Heb “life he asked from you.” Another option is to translate the perfect verbal forms in v. 4 with the present tense, “he asks…you grant.” |
(0.30) | (Psa 18:10) | 2 tn Heb “a cherub.” Because of the typical associations of the word “cherub” in English with chubby winged babies, the term has been rendered “winged angel” in the translation. |
(0.30) | (Psa 16:1) | 3 tn The Hebrew perfect verbal form probably refers here to a completed action with continuing results (see 7:1; 11:1). |
(0.30) | (Psa 14:7) | 2 tn Heb “turns with a turning [toward] his people.” The Hebrew term שְׁבוּת (shevut) is apparently a cognate accusative of שׁוּב (shuv). |
(0.30) | (Psa 14:2) | 4 sn Anyone who is wise and seeks God refers to the person who seeks to have a relationship with God by obeying and worshiping him. |
(0.30) | (Psa 12:2) | 1 tn Heb “falsehood they speak, a man with his neighbor.” The imperfect verb forms in v. 2 describe what is typical in the psalmist’s experience. |
(0.30) | (Psa 10:6) | 2 tn Heb “not . . . for a generation and a generation.” The traditional accentuation of the MT understands the words “for a generation and a generation” with the following line. |
(0.30) | (Psa 5:11) | 7 tn The vav (ו) with prefixed verbal form following the volitional “shelter them” indicates purpose or result (“so that those…may rejoice). |
(0.30) | (Job 41:26) | 2 tn The verb קוּם (qum, “stand”) with בְּלִי (beli, “not”) has the sense of “does not hold firm,” or “gives way.” |
(0.30) | (Job 41:6) | 2 tn The word כָּרַה (karah) means “to sell.” With the preposition עַל (ʿal, “upon”) it has the sense “to bargain over something.” |
(0.30) | (Job 40:15) | 3 tn Heb “with you.” The meaning could be temporal (“when I made you”)—perhaps a reference to the sixth day of creation (Gen 1:24). |
(0.30) | (Job 39:26) | 1 tn This word occurs only here. It is connected to “pinions” in v. 13. Dhorme suggests “clad with feathers,” but the line suggests more the use of the wings. |
(0.30) | (Job 38:5) | 1 tn The particle כִּי (ki) is taken here for a conditional clause, “if you know” (see GKC 498 §159.dd). Others take it as “surely” with a biting irony. |
(0.30) | (Job 37:23) | 1 tn The name “Almighty” is here a casus pendens, isolating the name at the front of the sentence and resuming it with a pronoun. |
(0.30) | (Job 37:7) | 1 tn Heb “by the hand of every man he seals.” This line is intended to mean that with the heavy rains God suspends all agricultural activity. |