Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Psa 109:15) | 2 tn Heb “their memory.” The plural pronominal suffix probably refers back to the children mentioned in v. 13, and for clarity this has been specified in the translation. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 107:29) | 2 tn Heb “their waves.” The antecedent of the third masculine plural pronominal suffix is not readily apparent, unless it refers back to “waters” in v. 23. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 106:39) | 1 tn Heb “and they committed adultery in their actions.” This means that they were unfaithful to the Lord (see Ps 73:27). |
| (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 106:1) | 1 sn Psalm 106. The psalmist recalls Israel’s long history of rebellion against God, despite his mighty saving deeds on their behalf. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 83:2) | 1 tn Heb “lift up [their] head[s].” The phrase “lift up [the] head” here means “to threaten; to be hostile,” as in Judg 8:28. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 78:6) | 1 tn Heb “in order that they might know, a following generation, sons [who] will be born, they will arise and will tell to their sons.” |
| (0.30) | (Psa 73:7) | 2 tn Heb “the thoughts of [their] heart [i.e., mind] cross over” (i.e., violate God’s moral boundary, see Ps 17:3). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 72:2) | 2 sn These people are called God’s oppressed ones because he is their defender (see Pss 9:12, 18; 10:12; 12:5). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 68:27) | 1 sn Little Benjamin, their ruler. This may allude to the fact that Israel’s first king, Saul, was from the tribe of Benjamin. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 62:4) | 2 tn That is, the generic “man” referred to in the previous verse. The words “their victim” have been supplied in the translation to clarify the referent. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 62:4) | 5 sn The enemies use deceit to bring down their victim. They make him think they are his friends by pronouncing blessings upon him, but inwardly they desire his demise. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 57:1) | 1 sn Psalm 57. The psalmist asks for God’s protection and expresses his confidence that his ferocious enemies will be destroyed by their own schemes. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 44:10) | 2 tn Heb “plunder for themselves.” The prepositional phrase לָמוֹ (lamo, “for themselves”) here has the nuance “at their will” or “as they please” (see Ps 80:6). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 35:20) | 2 tn Heb “but against the quiet ones of the land words of deceit they plan.” The imperfect verbal forms in v. 20 highlight their characteristic behavior. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 22:7) | 3 sn Shake their heads. Apparently this refers to a taunting gesture. See also Job 16:4; Ps 109:25; Lam 2:15. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 21:12) | 1 tn Heb “you make them a shoulder,” i.e., “you make them turn and run, showing the back of their neck and shoulders.” |
| (0.30) | (Psa 21:12) | 2 tn Heb “with your bowstrings you fix against their faces,” i.e., “you fix your arrows on the bowstrings to shoot at them.” |
| (0.30) | (Psa 8:6) | 3 sn Placed everything under their authority. This verse affirms that mankind rules over God’s creation as his vice-regent. See Gen 1:26-30. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 5:10) | 1 tn Heb “declare/regard them as guilty.” Declaring the psalmist’s adversaries guilty is here metonymic for judging them or paying them back for their wrongdoing. |
