Mazmur 30:3

30:3 O Lord, you pulled me ¹  up from Sheol;

you rescued me from among those descending into the grave. ² 

Mazmur 35:18

35:18 Then I will give you thanks in the great assembly; ³ 

I will praise you before a large crowd of people! ⁴ 

Mazmur 45:12

45:12 Rich people from Tyre ⁵ 

will seek your favor by bringing a gift. ⁶ 

Mazmur 55:14

55:14 We would share personal thoughts with each other; ⁷ 

in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd.

Mazmur 58:8

58:8 Let them be ⁸  like a snail that melts away as it moves along! ⁹ 

Let them be like ¹⁰  stillborn babies ¹¹  that never see the sun!

Mazmur 68:17

68:17 God has countless chariots;

they number in the thousands. ¹² 

The Lord comes from Sinai in holy splendor. ¹³ 

Mazmur 72:4

72:4 He will defend ¹⁴  the oppressed among the people;

he will deliver ¹⁵  the children ¹⁶  of the poor

and crush the oppressor.

Mazmur 77:20

77:20 You led your people like a flock of sheep,

by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

[30:3]  ¹ tn Or “my life.”

[30:3]  ² tn Heb “you kept me alive from those descending into the pit.” The Hebrew noun בוֹר (bor, “pit, cistern”) is sometimes used of the grave and/or the realm of the dead. The translation follows the consonantal Hebrew text (Kethib); the marginal reading (Qere) has, “you kept me alive so that I did not go down into the pit.”

[35:18]  ³ sn The great assembly is also mentioned in Ps 22:25.

[35:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “among numerous people.”

[45:12]  ⁵ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[45:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “and a daughter of Tyre with a gift, your face they will appease, the rich of people.” The phrase “daughter of Tyre” occurs only here in the OT. It could be understood as addressed to the bride, indicating she was a Phoenician (cf. NEB). However, often in the OT the word “daughter,” when collocated with the name of a city or country, is used to personify the referent (see, for example, “Daughter Zion” in Ps 9:14, and “Daughter Babylon” in Ps 137:8). If that is the case here, then “Daughter Tyre” identifies the city-state of Tyre as the place from which the rich people come (cf. NRSV). The idiom “appease the face” refers to seeking one’s favor (see Exod 32:11; 1 Sam 13:12; 1 Kgs 13:6; 2 Kgs 13:4; 2 Chr 33:12; Job 11:19; Ps 119:58; Prov 19:6; Jer 26:19; Dan 9:13; Zech 7:2; 8:21-22; Mal 1:9).

[55:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “who together we would make counsel sweet.” The imperfect verbal forms here and in the next line draw attention to the ongoing nature of the actions (the so-called customary use of the imperfect). Their relationship was characterized by such intimacy and friendship. See IBHS 502-3 §31.2b.

[58:8]  ⁸ tn There is no “to be” verb in the Hebrew text at this point, but a jussive tone can be assumed based on vv. 6-7.

[58:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “like a melting snail [that] moves along.” A. Cohen (Psalms [SoBB], 184) explains that the text here alludes “to the popular belief that the slimy trail which the snail leaves in its track is the dissolution of its substance.”

[58:8]  ¹⁰ tn The words “let them be like” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. The jussive mood is implied from the preceding context, and “like” is understood by ellipsis (see the previous line).

[58:8]  ¹¹ tn This rare word also appears in Job 3:16 and Eccles 6:3.

[68:17]  ¹² tn Heb “thousands of [?].” The meaning of the word שִׁנְאָן (shin’an), which occurs only here in the OT, is uncertain. Perhaps the form should be emended to שַׁאֲנָן (sha’anan, “at ease”) and be translated here “held in reserve.”

[68:17]  ¹³ tc The MT reads, “the Lord [is] among them, Sinai, in holiness,” which is syntactically difficult. The present translation assumes an emendation to אֲדֹנָי בָּא מִסִּינַי (’adonay ba’ missinay; see BHS note b-b and Deut 33:2).

[72:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “judge [for].”

[72:4]  ¹⁵ tn The prefixed verbal form appears to be an imperfect, not a jussive.

[72:4]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “sons.”