Discovery Box| (0.50) | (Psa 94:23) | 1 tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive is used in a rhetorical sense, describing an anticipated development as if it were already reality. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 88:2) | 1 tn Heb “may my prayer come before you.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive, indicating the psalmist’s desire or prayer. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 85:8) | 4 tn Or “yet let them not.” After the negative particle אֵל (ʾel), the prefixed verbal form is jussive, indicating the speaker’s desire or wish. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 83:18) | 1 tn After the preceding jussives (v. 17), the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose (“so that they may know”) or result. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 79:8) | 2 tn Heb “may your compassion quickly confront us.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive, indicating a tone of prayer. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 73:21) | 3 tn Heb “and [in] my kidneys I was pierced.” The imperfect verbal form here describes a continuing condition in a past time frame. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 70:2) | 2 tn The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse are understood as jussives. The psalmist is calling judgment down on his enemies. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 67:5) | 1 tn Heb “let the nations, all of them, thank you.” The prefixed verbal forms in v. 5 are understood as jussives in this call to praise. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 67:3) | 1 tn Heb “let the nations, all of them, thank you.” The prefixed verbal forms in vv. 3-4a are understood as jussives in this call to praise. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 67:1) | 3 tn The prefixed verbal forms are understood as jussives expressing the psalmist’s prayer. Note the jussive form יָאֵר (yaʾer) in the next line. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 58:11) | 1 tn Following the imperfects of v. 10, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive probably indicates a result or consequence of what precedes. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 58:4) | 3 tn Heb “[that] stops up its ear.” The apparent Hiphil jussive verbal form should be understood as a Qal imperfect with “i” theme vowel (see GKC 168 §63.n). |
| (0.50) | (Psa 57:1) | 5 tn Heb “my life has taken shelter.” The Hebrew perfect verbal form probably refers here to a completed action with continuing results. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 55:18) | 1 tn The perfect verbal form is here used rhetorically to indicate that the action is certain to take place (the so-called perfect of certitude). |
| (0.50) | (Psa 55:5) | 2 tn Heb “covers.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive carries on the descriptive (present progressive) force of the preceding imperfect. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 55:6) | 1 tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive carries on the descriptive (present progressive) force of the verbs in v. 5. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 51:8) | 3 tn In this context of petitionary prayer, the prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive, expressing the psalmist’s wish or request. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 47:4) | 1 tn Heb “he chose for us our inheritance.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a preterite (see “subdued” in v. 3). |
| (0.50) | (Psa 36:12) | 2 tn The psalmist uses perfect verbal forms in v. 12 to describe the demise of the wicked as if it has already taken place. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 35:20) | 2 tn Heb “but against the quiet ones of the land words of deceit they plan.” The imperfect verbal forms in v. 20 highlight their characteristic behavior. |
