Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Psa 110:6) | 1 tn The imperfect verbal forms in vv. 6-7 are understood here as descriptive-dramatic or as generalizing, though they could be taken as future. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 110:2) | 2 tn The prefixed verbal form is understood here as descriptive-dramatic or as generalizing, though it could be taken as future. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 109:29) | 1 tn Heb “clothed.” Another option is to translate the prefixed verbal forms in this line and the next as jussives (“may my accusers be covered with shame”). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 107:35) | 2 tn The verbal form appears to be a preterite, which is most naturally taken as narrational. See the note on the word “turned” in v. 33. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 106:43) | 1 tn The prefixed verbal form is either preterite or imperfect, in which case it is customary, describing repeated action in past time (“he would deliver”). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 106:27) | 2 tn Heb “and to cause their offspring to fall.” Some emend the verb to “scatter” to form tighter parallelism with the following line (cf. NRSV “disperse”). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 102:19) | 2 tn The perfect verbal forms in v. 19 are functioning as future perfects, indicating future actions that will precede the future developments described in v. 18. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 102:17) | 3 tn The perfect verbal forms in vv. 16-17 are functioning as future perfects, indicating future actions that will precede the future developments described in v. 15. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 97:7) | 1 tn The translation assumes that the prefixed verbal form in the first line is an imperfect (“are ashamed”) and that the ambiguous form in the third line is a perfect (“bow down”) because the psalmist appears to be describing the effect of the Lord’s mighty theophany on those who witness it (see vv. 5, 8). Another option is to take the prefixed form in the first line as a jussive (“let all who worship idols be ashamed”) and the ambiguous form in the third line as an imperative (“All you gods, bow down before him!”; cf. NIV). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 94:23) | 1 tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive is used in a rhetorical sense, describing an anticipated development as if it were already reality. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 94:9) | 1 tn Heb “The one who plants an ear, does he not hear? The one who forms an eye, does he not see?” |
| (0.30) | (Psa 90:3) | 1 tn In this context the shortened prefix form does not function as a preterite, but indicates what is typical of the world. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 88:2) | 1 tn Heb “may my prayer come before you.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive, indicating the psalmist’s desire or prayer. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 86:17) | 2 tn After the imperative in the preceding line (“work”), the prefixed verb forms with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose or result. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 85:8) | 4 tn Or “yet let them not.” After the negative particle אֵל (ʾel), the prefixed verbal form is jussive, indicating the speaker’s desire or wish. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 83:18) | 1 tn After the preceding jussives (v. 17), the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose (“so that they may know”) or result. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 79:8) | 2 tn Heb “may your compassion quickly confront us.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive, indicating a tone of prayer. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 76:5) | 2 tn The verb is a rare Aramaized form of the Hitpolel (see GKC 149 §54.a, n. 2); the root is שָׁלַל (shalal, “to plunder”). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 73:21) | 3 tn Heb “and [in] my kidneys I was pierced.” The imperfect verbal form here describes a continuing condition in a past time frame. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 71:21) | 2 tn The imperfects are understood here as expressing the psalmist’s prayer or wish. (Note the use of a distinctly jussive form at the beginning of v. 21.) |
