Mazmur 102:19

102:19 For he will look down from his sanctuary above; ¹ 

from heaven the Lord will look toward earth, ² 

Habakuk 2:2

The Lord Assures Habakkuk

2:2 The Lord responded: ³ 

“Write down this message! ⁴  Record it legibly on tablets,

so the one who announces ⁵  it may read it easily. ⁶ 

Roma 15:4

15:4 For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

Roma 15:1

Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak

15:1 But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves. ⁷ 

1 Korintus 9:10

9:10 Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.

[102:19]  ¹ tn Heb “from the height of his sanctuary.”

[102:19]  ² tn The perfect verbal forms in v. 19 are functioning as future perfects, indicating future actions that will precede the future developments described in v. 18.

[2:2]  ³ tn Heb “the Lord answered and said.” The redundant expression “answered and said” has been simplified in the translation as “responded.”

[2:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “[the] vision.”

[2:2]  ⁵ tn Or “reads from.”

[2:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “might run,” which here probably means “run [through it quickly with one’s eyes],” that is, read it easily.

[15:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “and not please ourselves.” NT Greek negatives used in contrast like this are often not absolute, but relative: “not so much one as the other.”