² sn The Lord’s loyal love/faithfulness is almost limitless. He is loyal and faithful to his creation and blesses mankind and the animal kingdom with physical life and sustenance (vv. 6-9).

² sn Deliver me because of your faithfulness. Though the psalmist is experiencing divine discipline, he realizes that God has made a commitment to him in the past, so he appeals to God’s faithfulness in his request for help.

² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Yet” to indicate the contrast between their location and their faithful behavior.

⁴ tn Grk “the faith”; here the Greek article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

⁵ tn Grk “the faith of me” (τὴν πίστιν μου, tēn pistin mou) with the genitive “of me” (μου) functioning objectively.

⁵ tn Τῇ πίστει (tē pistei) here is taken as a dative of advantage (“on behalf of the faith”).

¹ tn Grk “not…of shrinking back to perdition but of faith to the preservation of the soul.”

² tn Or “those who devote themselves to service are faithful and dearly loved” (referring to slaves who serve them).

² tn The genitive τῆς ἐνεργείας (tēs energeias) has been translated as an objective genitive, “faith in the power.”

¹ tn Or “The one who is righteous by faith will live” (a quotation from Hab 2:4).

² tn Grk “God is faithful who.” The relative pronoun was changed to a personal pronoun in the translation for clarity.

⁴ sn The faith that is through Jesus. Note how this verse explains how the claim to “faith in Jesus’ name” works and what it means. To appeal to the name is to point to the person. It is not clear that the man expressed faith before the miracle. This could well be a “grace-faith miracle” where God grants power through the apostles to picture how much a gift life is (Luke 17:11-19). Christology and grace are emphasized here.

⁴ sn According to the commandment. These women are portrayed as pious, faithful to the law in observing the Sabbath.

¹ sn Disciples are to watch out. If they are too absorbed into everyday life, they will stop watching and living faithfully.

¹ sn By your endurance is a call to remain faithful because trusting in Jesus is the means to life.

¹ tn The vav prefixed to וְחַסְדְּכֶם (v^ekhasd^ekhem, “your faithfulness”) functions in an explanatory sense (“For”).

¹ tn Heb “O Lord, are your eyes not to faithfulness?” The question is rhetorical and expects a positive answer.

¹ tn Heb “a man of faithfulness,” although the context does not indicate this should be limited only to males.

³ sn The point of the rhetorical question is that a truly faithful friend is very difficult to find.

⁴ sn The contrast between “delight/pleasure” and “abomination” is emphatic. What pleases the Lord is acting truthfully or faithfully.