³ tn Heb “Should you not know justice?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course you should!”

¹ tn Heb “Who should not revere you…?” The question is rhetorical and expects a negative answer.

¹ tn Or “Just look at…” The question is rhetorical and expects a positive answer.

¹ tn “Have you seen…” The question is rhetorical and expects a positive answer.

¹ tn Heb “Is it not?” The rhetorical question here expects a positive answer, “It is!”

² tn Heb “and will you be rescued?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No, of course not!”

³ sn The rhetorical questions in vv. 10-12 expect the answer, “Of course not!”

² tn Heb “and will you be rescued?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No, of course not!”

⁴ tn Heb “would you not do [it]?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course you would.”

¹ tn The question in Greek expects a negative answer (“We are not stronger than he is, are we?”).

¹ sn The phrase by chance adds an initial note of hope and fortune to the expectation in the story.

⁴ tn Heb “Is not the Lord in our midst?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course he is!”

⁶ tn Jerusalem, the capital of Judah, represents the nation’s behavior. The rhetorical question expects an affirmative answer.

¹ tn Heb “To what purpose is it to me?” The question is rhetorical and expects a negative answer.

¹ tn Heb “O Lord, are your eyes not to faithfulness?” The question is rhetorical and expects a positive answer.

¹ tn Heb “May he go back to her again?” The question is rhetorical and expects a negative answer.

¹ tn Heb “Are you not bringing this on yourself.” The question is rhetorical and expects a positive answer.

² tn Heb “[Is it] not [also] to the men…?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Yes, it is.”

¹ tn The imperative שְׁמַע (sh^emaʿ, “Listen!”) forms an urgent exhortation which expects immediate compliance with parental instruction.

¹ sn The psalmist already sees undeniable signs of God’s faithfulness and expects deliverance to arrive soon.