Ezra 10:3

10:3 Therefore let us enact ¹  a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in keeping with your counsel, my lord, ²  and that of those who respect ³  the commandments of our God. And let it be done according to the law.

Mazmur 119:120

119:120 My body ⁴  trembles ⁵  because I fear you; ⁶ 

I am afraid of your judgments.

Yesaya 66:2

66:2 My hand made them; ⁷ 

that is how they came to be,” ⁸  says the Lord.

I show special favor ⁹  to the humble and contrite,

who respect what I have to say. ¹⁰ 

Yesaya 66:5

66:5 Hear the word of the Lord,

you who respect what he has to say! ¹¹ 

Your countrymen, ¹²  who hate you

and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of my name,

say, “May the Lord be glorified,

then we will witness your joy.” ¹³ 

But they will be put to shame.

[10:3]  ¹ tn Heb “cut.”

[10:3]  ² tn The MT vocalizes this word as a plural, which could be understood as a reference to God. But the context seems to suggest that a human lord is intended. The apparatus of BHS suggests repointing the word as a singular (“my lord”), but this is unnecessary. The plural (“my lords”) can be understood in an honorific sense even when a human being is in view. Most English versions regard this as a reference to Ezra, so the present translation supplies “your” before “counsel” to make this clear.

[10:3]  ³ tn Heb “who tremble at”; NAB, NIV “who fear.”

[119:120]  ⁴ tn Heb “my flesh.”

[119:120]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew verb סָמַר (samar, “to tremble”) occurs only here and in Job 4:15.

[119:120]  ⁶ tn Heb “from fear of you.” The pronominal suffix on the noun is an objective genitive.

[66:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “all these.” The phrase refers to the heavens and earth, mentioned in the previous verse.

[66:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “and all these were.” Some prefer to emend וַיִּהְיוּ (vayyihyu, “and they were”) to וְלִי הָיוּ (vÿli hayu, “and to me they were”), i.e., “and they belong to me.”

[66:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “and to this one I look” (KJV and NASB both similar).

[66:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to the humble and the lowly in spirit and the one who trembles at my words.”

[66:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “who tremble at his word.”

[66:5]  ¹² tn Heb “brothers” (so NASB, NIV); NRSV “Your own people”; NLT “Your close relatives.”

[66:5]  ¹³ tn Or “so that we might witness your joy.” The point of this statement is unclear.