Discovery Box| (0.04) | (Psa 68:19) | 2 tn It is possible to take this phrase with what precedes (“The Lord deserves praise day after day”) rather than with what follows. |
| (0.04) | (Psa 59:3) | 3 sn The point is that the psalmist’s enemies have no justifiable reason for attacking him. He has neither rebelled or sinned against the Lord. |
| (0.04) | (Psa 56:1) | 1 sn Psalm 56. Despite the threats of his enemies, the psalmist is confident the Lord will keep his promise to protect and deliver him. |
| (0.04) | (Psa 48:5) | 1 tn The object of “see” is omitted, but v. 3b suggests that the Lord’s self-revelation as the city’s defender is what they see. |
| (0.04) | (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. |
| (0.04) | (Psa 47:2) | 1 sn The divine title “Most High” (עֶלְיוֹן, ʿelyon) pictures the Lord as the exalted ruler of the universe who vindicates the innocent and judges the wicked. |
| (0.04) | (Psa 40:3) | 1 sn A new song was appropriate because the Lord had intervened in the psalmist’s experience in a fresh and exciting way. |
| (0.04) | (Psa 39:1) | 1 sn Psalm 39. The psalmist laments his frailty and mortality as he begs the Lord to take pity on him and remove his disciplinary hand. |
| (0.04) | (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. |
| (0.04) | (Psa 34:16) | 1 tn Heb “the face of the Lord [is] against the doers of evil to cut off from the earth memory of them.” |
| (0.04) | (Psa 34:18) | 1 tn The Hebrew imperfect verbal form highlights the generalizing statement and draws attention to the fact that the Lord typically delivers the oppressed and needy. |
| (0.04) | (Psa 33:10) | 1 tn Heb “breaks” or “destroys.” The Hebrew perfect verbal forms here and in the next line generalize about the Lord’s activity. |
| (0.04) | (Psa 33:1) | 1 sn Psalm 33. In this hymn the psalmist praises the Lord as the sovereign creator and just ruler of the world who protects and vindicates those who fear him. |
| (0.04) | (Psa 33:3) | 1 sn A new song is appropriate because the Lord is constantly intervening in the lives of his people in fresh and exciting ways. |
| (0.04) | (Psa 33:8) | 1 tn In this context “fear” probably means “to demonstrate respect for the Lord’s power and authority by worshiping him and obeying his commandments.” |
| (0.04) | (Psa 31:23) | 2 tn The participial forms in the second and third lines characterize the Lord as one who typically protects the faithful and judges the proud. |
| (0.04) | (Psa 31:3) | 2 tn Heb “name.” The Hebrew term שֵׁם (shem, “name”) refers here to the Lord’s reputation. (The English term “name” is often used the same way.) |
| (0.04) | (Psa 30:9) | 1 sn The following two verses (vv. 9-10) contain the prayer (or an excerpt of the prayer) that the psalmist offered to the Lord during his crisis. |
| (0.04) | (Psa 28:5) | 2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord, who is referred to in the two immediately preceding lines) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.04) | (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. |
