(0.30) | (Psa 109:29) | 1 tn Heb “clothed.” Another option is to translate the prefixed verbal forms in this line and the next as jussives (“may my accusers be covered with shame”). |
(0.30) | (Psa 107:35) | 2 tn The verbal form appears to be a preterite, which is most naturally taken as narrational. See the note on the word “turned” in v. 33. |
(0.30) | (Psa 101:1) | 1 sn Psalm 101. The psalmist, who appears to be a king, promises to promote justice in his land and vows to rid his royal court of evildoers. |
(0.30) | (Psa 89:5) | 1 tn As the following context makes clear, the personified “heavens” here stand by metonymy for the angelic beings that surround God’s heavenly throne. |
(0.30) | (Psa 84:1) | 1 sn Psalm 84. The psalmist expresses his desire to be in God’s presence in the Jerusalem temple, for the Lord is the protector of his people. |
(0.30) | (Psa 83:2) | 1 tn Heb “lift up [their] head[s].” The phrase “lift up [the] head” here means “to threaten; to be hostile,” as in Judg 8:28. |
(0.30) | (Psa 80:19) | 3 tn Heb “cause your face to shine in order that we may be delivered.” After the imperative, the cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose/result. |
(0.30) | (Psa 80:7) | 3 tn Heb “cause your face to shine in order that we may be delivered.” After the imperative, the cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose/result. |
(0.30) | (Psa 80:3) | 2 tn Heb “cause your face to shine in order that we may be delivered.” After the imperative, the cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose/result. |
(0.30) | (Psa 78:6) | 1 tn Heb “in order that they might know, a following generation, sons [who] will be born, they will arise and will tell to their sons.” |
(0.30) | (Psa 76:2) | 2 tn Heb “and his place of refuge is in Salem, and his lair in Zion.” God may be likened here to a lion (see v. 4). |
(0.30) | (Psa 75:1) | 1 sn Psalm 75. The psalmist celebrates God’s just rule, which guarantees that the godly will be vindicated and the wicked destroyed. |
(0.30) | (Psa 74:4) | 1 tn This verb is often used of a lion’s roar, so the psalmist may be comparing the enemy to a raging, devouring lion. |
(0.30) | (Psa 72:16) | 11 tn The translation assumes that the verb צוּץ (tsuts, “flourish”) goes with the preceding line. The words “be as abundant” are supplied in the translation for clarification. |
(0.30) | (Psa 70:2) | 1 tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed, the ones seeking my life.” Ps 40:14 has “together” after “ashamed,” and “to snatch it away” after “my life.” |
(0.30) | (Psa 69:4) | 2 tn The Hebrew verb עָצַם (ʿatsam) can sometimes mean “are strong,” but here it probably focuses on numerical superiority; note the parallel verb רָבַב (ravav, “be many”). |
(0.30) | (Psa 68:16) | 2 tn Perhaps the apparent plural form should be read as a singular with enclitic mem (ם; later misinterpreted as a plural ending). The preceding verse has the singular form. |
(0.30) | (Psa 68:13) | 2 tn The meaning of the Hebrew word translated “sheepfolds” is uncertain. There may be an echo of Judg 5:16 here. |
(0.30) | (Psa 68:14) | 3 sn Zalmon was apparently a mountain in the region, perhaps the one mentioned in Judg 9:46 as being in the vicinity of Shechem. |
(0.30) | (Psa 66:8) | 1 tn Heb “bless,” in the sense of declaring “God to be the source of…special power” (see HALOT 160 s.v. II ברך pi). |