Mazmur 39:4

39:4 “O Lord, help me understand my mortality

and the brevity of life! ¹ 

Let me realize how quickly my life will pass! ² 

Mazmur 68:21

68:21 Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies,

the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion. ³ 

Mazmur 143:2

143:2 Do not sit in judgment on ⁴  your servant,

for no one alive is innocent before you. ⁵ 

[39:4]  ¹ tn Heb “Cause me to know, O Lord, my end; and the measure of my days, what it is!”

[39:4]  ² tn Heb “Let me know how transient I am!”

[68:21]  ³ tn Heb “the hairy forehead of the one who walks about in his guilt.” The singular is representative.

[143:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “do not enter into judgment with.”

[143:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “for no one living is innocent before you.”