Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Psa 54:1) | 2 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term מַשְׂכִּיל (maskil) is uncertain. See the note on the phrase “well-written song” in the superscription of Ps 52. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 53:4) | 1 tn Heb “the workers of wickedness.” See Pss 5:5; 6:8. Ps 14:4 adds כֹּל (kol, “all of”) before “workers of wickedness.” |
| (0.30) | (Psa 53:1) | 3 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term מַשְׂכִּיל (maskil) is uncertain. See the note on the phrase “well-written song” in the superscription of Ps 52. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 50:20) | 1 tn Heb “you sit, against your brother you speak.” To “sit” and “speak” against someone implies plotting against that person (see Ps 119:23). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 50:5) | 3 tn Heb “the cutters of my covenant according to sacrifice.” A sacrifice accompanied the covenant-making ceremony and formally ratified the agreement (see Exod 24:3-8). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 49:1) | 2 tn The rare noun חָלֶד (kheled, “world”) occurs in Ps 17:14 and perhaps also in Isa 38:11 (see the note on “world” there). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 48:11) | 1 tn Heb “daughters.” The reference is to the cities of Judah surrounding Zion (see Ps 97:8 and H. Haag, TDOT 2:336). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 47:5) | 3 tn Heb “the Lord amid the sound of the ram horn.” The verb “ascended” is understood by ellipsis; see the preceding line. |
| (0.30) | (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). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 46:8) | 2 tn Heb “who sets desolations in the earth” (see Isa 13:9). The active participle describes God’s characteristic activity as a warrior. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 46:5) | 4 tn Heb “at the turning of morning.” (For other uses of the expression see Exod 14:27 and Judg 19:26). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 45:12) | 1 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 45:10) | 1 tn Heb “daughter.” The Hebrew noun בַּת (bat, “daughter”) can sometimes refer to a young woman in a general sense (see H. Haag, TDOT 2:334). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 45:1) | 3 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term מַשְׂכִּיל (maskil) is uncertain. See the note on the phrase “well-written song” in the superscription of Ps 42. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 44:14) | 3 tn Heb “a shaking of the head among the peoples.” Shaking the head was a derisive gesture (see Jer 18:16; Lam 2:15). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 44:16) | 1 tn Heb “from the voice of one who ridicules and insults, from the face of an enemy and an avenger.” See Ps 8:2. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 44:10) | 2 tn Heb “plunder for themselves.” The prepositional phrase לָמוֹ (lamo, “for themselves”) here has the nuance “at their will” or “as they please” (see Ps 80:6). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 44:1) | 2 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term מַשְׂכִּיל (maskil) is uncertain. See the note on the phrase “well-written song” in the superscription of Ps 42. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 44:3) | 3 tn Heb “your right hand.” The Lord’s “right hand” here symbolizes his power to protect and deliver (see Pss 17:7; 20:6; 21:8). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 44:2) | 2 tn Heb “dispossessed nations and planted them.” The third masculine plural pronoun “them” refers to the fathers (v. 1). See Ps 80:8, 15. |
