⁸ tn The words “to help them” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

² tn Heb “went to” (so NAB, NRSV, TEV); cf. CEV “asked help from.”

² tn Heb “does not lift up his eyes.” This refers to looking to idols for help.

¹ tn Heb “Woe [to] those who go down to Egypt for help.”

² tn God’s regulations will “help” the psalmist by giving him moral and ethical guidance.

³ tn Heb “I am like a man [for whom] there is no help.”

⁴ tn Heb “hurry to my help.” See Pss 22:19; 38:22.

³ tn Or “helps her.” The imperfect draws attention to the generalizing character of the statement.

¹ tn Heb “hurry to my help.” See Pss 22:19; 38:22.

¹ tn The “arms of the orphans” are their helps or rights on which they depended for support.

² sn The idiom “to grasp the hand” of someone means to support or help the person.

³ tn The words “help me” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.

¹ tn Heb “you were no deliverer.” Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX has “no one was helping.”

¹ tn The disjunctive clause gives supplemental information that helps the reader or hearer to picture what happened.

¹ tn The cohortative verbal form here indicates a polite offer of help.

⁴ sn It is not said why the priest passed by and refused to help. It is not relevant to the point of the parable that no help was given in the emergency situation.

³ sn Job had been successful at helping others not be crushed by the weight of trouble and misfortune. It is easier to help others than to preserve a proper perspective when one’s self is afflicted (E. Dhorme, Job, 44).

⁴ tn The words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied (see L&N 25.68).

¹ tn Grk “and to be helped by you.” The passive construction was changed to an active one in the translation.

² tn Grk “because of (the) conscience,” but the English possessive “your” helps to show whose conscience the context implies.