Discovery Box| (0.40) | (Pro 2:17) | 6 tn Heb “covenant of God.” The genitive-construct could mean “covenant made before God.” The woman and her husband had made a marriage-covenant in which God was invoked as witness. Her sin is against her solemn pledge to her husband, as well as against God. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 141:1) | 1 sn Psalm 141. The psalmist asks God to protect him from sin and from sinful men. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 139:1) | 2 tn The statement is understood as generalizing—the psalmist describes what God typically does. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 118:15) | 1 tn Heb “the sound of a ringing shout and deliverance [is] in the tents of the godly.” |
| (0.40) | (Psa 106:45) | 1 tn The Niphal of נָחַם (nakham) refers here to God relenting from a punishment already underway. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 107:1) | 1 sn Psalm 107. The psalmist praises God for his kindness to his exiled people. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 105:6) | 3 tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 105:6) | 5 tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 104:21) | 1 sn The lions’ roaring is viewed as a request for food from God. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 104:1) | 1 sn Psalm 104. The psalmist praises God as the ruler of the world who sustains all life. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 103:1) | 1 sn Psalm 103. The psalmist praises God for his mercy and willingness to forgive his people. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 96:4) | 1 tn Or perhaps “and feared by all gods.” See Ps 89:7. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 94:22) | 2 tn Heb “and my God [has become] a rocky summit of my safety.” |
| (0.40) | (Psa 92:12) | 1 tn The singular is used in a representative sense, with the typical godly person being in view. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 92:1) | 1 sn Psalm 92. The psalmist praises God because he defeats the wicked and vindicates his loyal followers. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 89:5) | 2 tn Heb “in the assembly of the holy ones.” The phrase “holy ones” sometimes refers to God’s people (Ps 34:9) or to their priestly leaders (2 Chr 35:3), but here it refers to God’s heavenly assembly and the angels that surround his throne (see vv. 6-7). |
| (0.40) | (Psa 82:1) | 1 sn Psalm 82. The psalmist pictures God standing in the “assembly of El” where he accuses the “gods” of failing to promote justice on earth. God pronounces sentence upon them, announcing that they will die like men. Having witnessed the scene, the psalmist then asks God to establish his just rule over the earth. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 78:5) | 1 tn The Hebrew noun עֵדוּת (ʿedut) refers here to God’s command that the older generation teach their children about God’s mighty deeds in the nation’s history (see Exod 10:2; Deut 4:9; 6:20-25). |
| (0.40) | (Psa 78:1) | 1 sn Psalm 78. The author of this lengthy didactic psalm rehearses Israel’s history. He praises God for his power, goodness and patience, but also reminds his audience that sin angers God and prompts his judgment. In the conclusion to the psalm the author elevates Jerusalem as God’s chosen city and David as his chosen king. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 77:13) | 1 sn Verses 13-20 are the content of the psalmist’s reflection (see vv. 11-12). As he thought about God’s work in Israel’s past, he reached the place where he could confidently cry out for God’s help (see v. 1). |
