1 Samuel 17:32

17:32 David said to Saul, “Don’t let anyone be discouraged. ¹  Your servant will go and fight this Philistine!”

Ayub 23:16

23:16 Indeed, God has made my heart faint; ² 

the Almighty has terrified me.

Mazmur 22:15

22:15 The roof of my mouth ³  is as dry as a piece of pottery;

my tongue sticks to my gums. ⁴ 

You ⁵  set me in the dust of death. ⁶ 

Yesaya 7:4

7:4 Tell him, ‘Make sure you stay calm! ⁷  Don’t be afraid! Don’t be intimidated ⁸  by these two stubs of smoking logs, ⁹  or by the raging anger of Rezin, Syria, and the son of Remaliah.

[17:32]  ¹ tn Heb “Let not the heart of a man fall upon him.” The LXX reads “my lord,” instead of “a man.”

[23:16]  ² tn The verb הֵרַךְ (kherakh) means “to be tender”; in the Piel it would have the meaning “to soften.” The word is used in parallel constructions with the verbs for “fear.” The implication is that God has made Job fearful.

[22:15]  ³ tc Heb “my strength” (כֹּחִי, kokhiy), but many prefer to emend the text to חִכִּי (khikiy, “my palate”; cf. NEB, NRSV “my mouth”) assuming that an error of transposition has occurred in the traditional Hebrew text.

[22:15]  ⁴ tn Cf. NEB “my jaw”; NASB, NRSV “my jaws”; NIV “the roof of my mouth.”

[22:15]  ⁵ sn Here the psalmist addresses God and suggests that God is ultimately responsible for what is happening because of his failure to intervene (see vv. 1-2, 11).

[22:15]  ⁶ sn The imperfect verbal form draws attention to the progressive nature of the action. The psalmist is in the process of dying.

[7:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “guard yourself and be quiet,” but the two verbs should be coordinated.

[7:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “and let not your heart be weak”; ASV “neither let thy heart be faint.”

[7:4]  ⁹ sn The derogatory metaphor indicates that the power of Rezin and Pekah is ready to die out.