Mazmur 71:15

71:15 I will tell about your justice,

and all day long proclaim your salvation, ¹ 

though I cannot fathom its full extent. ² 

Mazmur 51:17

51:17 The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit ³  –

O God, a humble and repentant heart ⁴  you will not reject. ⁵ 

[71:15]  ¹ tn Heb “my mouth declares your vindication, all the day your deliverance.”

[71:15]  ² tn Heb “though I do not know [the] numbers,” that is, the tally of God’s just and saving acts. HALOT 768 s.v. סְפֹרוֹת understands the plural noun to mean “the art of writing.”

[51:17]  ³ tn Heb “a broken spirit.”

[51:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “a broken and crushed heart.”

[51:17]  ⁵ tn Or “despise.”