¹ tn Grk “access in confidence.”

⁴ tn Or “who lack confidence.”

¹ tn Grk “the beginning of the confidence.”

³ tn Grk “have no confidence in the flesh.”

² tn Or “might not put confidence in ourselves.”

¹ tn Or “has been the Lord’s confidant.”

² tn Or “self-confident”; NAB “overconfident.”

¹ tn Heb “men of my confidence,” or “men of my council,” i.e., intimate friends, confidants.

² tn Heb “be strong and let your heart be confident.”

² tn The word כִּסְלָתֶךָ (kislatekha, “your confidence”) is rendered in the LXX by “founded in folly.” The word כֶּסֶל (kesel) is “confidence” (see 8:14) and elsewhere “folly.” Since it is parallel to “your hope” it must mean confidence here.

² tn Heb “confidence of strength.” This construct phrase features an attributive genitive: “strong confidence” (so most English versions; NIV “a secure fortress”).

¹ tn Grk “though I have reason for confidence even in the flesh.”

² tn Or “most of the brothers and sisters in the Lord, having confidence.”

¹ tn Or “had been my confidant.” See the note on v. 18.

¹ sn Psalm 125. The psalmist affirms his confidence in the Lord’s protection and justice.

¹ tn Heb “O Lord Yahweh, my source of confidence from my youth.”

² tn Heb “a source of confidence [for] all the ends of the earth.”

¹ tn Heb “be strong and let your heart[s] be confident.”

¹ sn Rise up, O Lord! The psalmist’s mood changes from lament to petition and confidence.

² tn The plural is used to suggest the supreme degree of arrogant confidence (E. Dhorme, Job, 171).