¹ tn Heb “crushed.”

³ tn Heb “crushed.”

² tn Heb “the crushed in spirit.”

² tn Heb “crushed.” See v. 10.

² tn Heb “a broken and crushed heart.”

² tn Heb “Because of the crushing of the daughter of my people I am crushed.”

² tn Grk “on whomever it falls, it will crush him.”

¹ tn Grk “on whomever it falls, it will crush him.”

³ tn Heb “crushed of judgment” (רְצוּץ מִשְׁפָּט, r^etsuts mishpat). The second term is a genitive of cause (“crushed because of judgment” or “crushed under judgment”) rather than respect (“crushed in judgment,” as in many English versions).

² tn Heb “and [into] rubble the gate is crushed.”

³ tn Heb “he crushes on the ground my life.”

¹ tn Heb “I am numb and crushed to excess.”

¹ tn Heb “bruised by crushing,” which many English versions take to refer to crushed testicles (NAB, NRSV, NLT); TEV “who has been castrated.”

² tc The LXX reads “he will crush the wicked rod without confusion or haste.”

³ tn Heb “their thoughts are thoughts of sin, destruction and crushing [are] in their roadways.”

³ tn Heb “to restore the lowly of spirit and to restore the heart of the crushed.”

² tn Or perhaps, “he triumphs over his enemies” (cf. NIV); NLT “will crush all his enemies.”

³ sn The “crushed spirit” refers to one who is depressed (cf. NAB “a depressed spirit”). “Crushed” is figurative (an implied comparison) for the idea that one’s psyche or will to go on is beaten down by circumstances.

² sn May the bones you crushed rejoice. The psalmist compares his sinful condition to that of a person who has been physically battered and crushed. Within this metaphorical framework, his “bones” are the seat of his emotional strength.

¹ sn The “crushed reed” and “dim wick” symbolize the weak and oppressed who are on the verge of extinction.