Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Psa 35:10) | 4 tn Heb “the oppressed [one] and needy [one] from [the one who] robs him.” As in the previous line, the singular forms are used in a representative sense. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 33:1) | 1 sn Psalm 33. In this hymn the psalmist praises the Lord as the sovereign creator and just ruler of the world who protects and vindicates those who fear him. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 33:8) | 1 tn In this context “fear” probably means “to demonstrate respect for the Lord’s power and authority by worshiping him and obeying his commandments.” |
| (0.30) | (Psa 32:6) | 5 tn Heb “him.” The translation uses the plural “them” to agree with the plural “every one of your faithful followers” in the first line of v. 6. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 22:1) | 3 sn From the psalmist’s perspective it seems that God has abandoned him, for he fails to answer his cry for help (vv. 1b-2). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 21:13) | 1 sn The psalm concludes with a petition to the Lord, asking him to continue to intervene in strength for the king and nation. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 22:6) | 2 tn The metaphor expresses the psalmist’s self-perception, which is based on how others treat him (see the following line). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 18:40) | 2 sn Those who hate me. See v. 17, where it is the Lord who delivered the psalmist from those who hated him. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 17:9) | 2 tn Heb “destroy.” The psalmist uses the perfect verbal form to emphasize the degree of danger. He describes the wicked as being already in the process of destroying him. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 14:2) | 4 sn Anyone who is wise and seeks God refers to the person who seeks to have a relationship with God by obeying and worshiping him. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 7:1) | 1 sn Psalm 7. The psalmist asks the Lord to intervene and deliver him from his enemies. He protests his innocence and declares his confidence in God’s justice. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 5:12) | 4 tn Heb “surround.” In 1 Sam 23:26 the verb describes how Saul and his men hemmed David in as they chased him. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 5:7) | 2 sn I will enter your house. The psalmist is confident that God will accept him into his presence, in contrast to the evildoers (see v. 5). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 5:1) | 1 sn Psalm 5. Appealing to God’s justice and commitment to the godly, the psalmist asks the Lord to intervene and deliver him from evildoers. |
| (0.30) | (Job 41:10) | 1 sn The description is of the animal, not the hunter (or fisherman). Leviathan is so fierce that no one can take him on alone. |
| (0.30) | (Job 34:11) | 2 tn Heb “he causes it to find him.” The text means that God will cause a man to find (or receive) the consequences of his actions. |
| (0.30) | (Job 27:22) | 1 tn The verb is once again functioning in an adverbial sense. The text has “it hurls itself against him and shows no mercy.” |
| (0.30) | (Job 26:2) | 2 tn The “powerless” is expressed here by the negative before the word for “strength; power”—“him who has no power” (see GKC 482 §152.u, v). |
| (0.30) | (Job 21:15) | 1 tn The interrogative clause is followed by ki, similar to Exod 5:2, “Who is Yahweh, that I should obey him?” |
| (0.30) | (Job 20:24) | 1 tn Heb “a bronze bow pierces him.” The words “an arrow from” are implied and are supplied in the translation; cf. “pulls it out” in the following verse. |
