Mazmur 16:5
Konteks16:5 Lord, you give me stability and prosperity; 1
you make my future secure. 2
Mazmur 73:26
Konteks73:26 My flesh and my heart may grow weak, 3
but God always 4 protects my heart and gives me stability. 5
Mazmur 142:5
Konteks142:5 I cry out to you, O Lord;
I say, “You are my shelter,
my security 6 in the land of the living.”
[16:5] 1 tn Heb “O
[16:5] 2 tc Heb “you take hold of my lot.” The form תּוֹמִיךְ (tomikh) should be emended to a participle, תוֹמֵךְ (tomekh). The psalmist pictures the
[73:26] 3 tn The Hebrew verb כָלָה (khalah, “to fail; to grow weak”) does not refer here to physical death per se, but to the physical weakness that sometimes precedes death (see Job 33:21; Pss 71:9; 143:7; Prov 5:11).
[73:26] 5 tn Heb “is the rocky summit of my heart and my portion.” The psalmist compares the
[142:5] 6 tn Heb “my portion.” The psalmist compares the