[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.”
[38:18] 3 tn Or “for.” The translation assumes that כִּי (ki) is asseverative here.
