Mazmur 38:6

38:6 I am dazed ¹  and completely humiliated; ² 

all day long I walk around mourning.

Mazmur 90:6

90:6 in the morning it glistens ³  and sprouts up;

at evening time it withers ⁴  and dries up.

Mazmur 145:2

145:2 Every day I will praise you!

I will praise your name continually! ⁵ 

[38:6]  ¹ tn The verb’s precise shade of meaning in this context is not entirely clear. The verb, which literally means “to bend,” may refer to the psalmist’s posture. In Isa 21:3 it seems to mean “be confused, dazed.”

[38:6]  ² tn Heb “I am bowed down to excess.”

[90:6]  ³ tn Or “flourishes.” The verb is used of a crown shining in Ps 132:18. Perhaps here in Ps 90:6 it refers to the glistening of the grass in the morning dew.

[90:6]  ⁴ tn The Polel form of this verb occurs only here. Perhaps the form should be emended to a Qal (which necessitates eliminating the final lamed [ל] as dittographic). See Ps 37:2.

[145:2]  ⁵ tn Or, hyperbolically, “forever.”