¹ sn The ultimate purpose of divine judgment is to purify the covenant community of its sins.

³ sn A similar response to a divine encounter is found in Acts 9:8-9.

³ tn Ps 40:16 uses the divine name “Lord” here instead of “God.”

¹ tn Heb “gives a word.” Perhaps this refers to a divine royal decree or battle cry.

¹ sn The divine curse. See note on this phrase in Deut 2:34.

² sn The word “goodness” refers to the divine appearance in summary fashion.

¹ sn God is with you. Abimelech and Phicol recognized that Abraham enjoyed special divine provision and protection.

¹ tn Heb “in the seeing concerning you falsehood, in divining concerning you a lie.” This probably refers to the attempts of the Ammonites to ward off judgment through prophetic visions and divination.

² sn The idiomatic and stereotypical language emphasizes the servant’s restoration to divine favor. Having numerous descendants and living a long life are standard signs of divine blessing. See Job 42:13-16.

¹ sn Psalm 40. The psalmist combines a song of thanksgiving for a recent act of divine deliverance (vv. 1-11) with a confident petition for renewed divine intervention (vv. 12-17).

⁴ tn Heb “a seeker of omens” (מְנַחֵשׁ, m^enakhesh). This is a subset of divination, one illustrated by the use of a “divining cup” in the story of Joseph (Gen 44:5).

¹ tn Or “anything that has been put under the divine curse”; Heb “anything of the ban” (cf. NASB). See note on the phrase “divine judgment” in Deut 2:34.

² tn Heb “[is] fully able to divine,” meaning that he can find things out by divination. The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis, stressing his ability to do this.

² sn Everything written about me. The divine plan, events, and scripture itself are seen here as being one.

⁵ sn The passive voice here is a divine passive (ExSyn 437). It is clear that God does the forgiving.

² sn The passive voice here is a divine passive (ExSyn 437). It is clear that God does the forgiving.

⁵ sn The passive voice here is a divine passive (ExSyn 437). It is clear that God does the forgiving.

³ sn Verse 6a pictures the entire universe as a divine palace founded on the earth and extending into the heavens.

⁵ tn Or “saw visions from God.” References to divine visions occur also in Ezek 8:3 and 40:2.

³ sn When divine warnings and appeals become gibberish to the spiritually insensitive, they have no guidance and are doomed to destruction.