Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Psa 43:2) | 1 tn Heb “God of my place of refuge,” that is, “God who is my place of refuge.” See Ps 31:4. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 43:1) | 3 tn The imperfect here expresses a request or wish. Note the imperatives in the first half of the verse. See also v. 3. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 41:13) | 2 tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.” See 1 Chr 16:36; Neh 9:5; Pss 90:2; 106:48. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 41:9) | 1 tn Heb “man of my peace.” The phrase here refers to one’s trusted friend (see Jer 38:22; Obad 7). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 40:12) | 2 tn Heb “and my heart abandons me.” The “heart” is here viewed as the seat of emotional strength and courage. For a similar idea see Ps 38:10. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 37:22) | 2 tn Heb “those blessed by him.” The pronoun “him” must refer to the Lord (see vv. 20, 23), so the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 37:1) | 3 tn Heb “over sinners.” The context indicates that the psalmist has in mind the apparent power and success of sinners. See v. 7b. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 35:28) | 2 tn Heb “all the day your praise.” The verb “proclaim” is understood by ellipsis in the second line (see the previous line). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 35:19) | 1 tn Heb “[with] a lie.” The Hebrew noun שֶׁקֶר (sheqer, “lie”) is used here as an adverb, “falsely, wrongfully” (see Ps 38:19). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 35:3) | 1 tn Or “javelin.” On the meaning of this word, which occurs only here in the Hebrew Bible, see M. Dahood, Psalms (AB), 1:210-11. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 34:7) | 3 tn The prefixed verb with vav (ו) consecutive here carries the same generalizing force as the active participle in the first line. See GKC 329 §111.u. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 34:2) | 2 tn The two prefixed verbal forms in this verse are best taken as jussives, for the psalmist is calling his audience to worship (see v. 3). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 33:7) | 2 tn Or “watery depths.” The form תְּהוֹמוֹת (tehomot, “watery depths”) is the plural form of תְּהוֹם (tehom, “great deep”; see Gen 1:2). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 29:11) | 2 sn Strength. This probably refers to military power; see the use of the noun in 1 Sam 2:10 and Ps 86:16. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 28:9) | 3 sn The shepherd metaphor is sometimes associated with royal responsibility. See 2 Sam 5:2; 7:7; Mic 5:2-4). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 28:1) | 2 tn Heb “my rocky summit.” The Lord is compared to a rocky summit where one can find protection from enemies. See Ps 18:2. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 27:11) | 3 tn Heb “because of those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 54:5; 56:2. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 27:11) | 1 tn Heb “teach me your way.” The Lord’s “way” refers here to the moral principles which he expects the psalmist to follow. See Ps 25:4. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 27:2) | 3 tn Heb “my adversaries and my enemies against me.” The verb “draw near” (that is, “attack”) is understood by ellipsis; see the previous line. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 27:2) | 2 sn To devour my flesh. The psalmist compares his enemies to dangerous, hungry predators (see 2 Kgs 9:36; Ezek 39:17). |
