Mazmur 38:18

38:18 Yes, ¹  I confess my wrongdoing,

and I am concerned about my sins.

Mazmur 55:7

55:7 Look, I will escape to a distant place;

I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah)

Mazmur 72:12

72:12 For he will rescue the needy ²  when they cry out for help,

and the oppressed ³  who have no defender.

Mazmur 75:2

75:2 God says, ⁴ 

“At the appointed times, ⁵ 

I judge ⁶  fairly.

Mazmur 102:9

102:9 For I eat ashes as if they were bread, ⁷ 

and mix my drink with my tears, ⁸ 

Mazmur 135:17

135:17 and ears, but cannot hear.

Indeed, they cannot breathe. ⁹ 

Mazmur 138:5

138:5 Let them sing about the Lord’s deeds, ¹⁰ 

for the Lord’s splendor is magnificent. ¹¹ 

[38:18]  ¹ tn Or “for.” The translation assumes that כִּי (ki) is asseverative here.

[72:12]  ² tn The singular is representative. The typical needy individual here represents the entire group.

[72:12]  ³ tn The singular is representative. The typical oppressed individual here represents the entire group.

[75:2]  ⁴ tn The words “God says” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation to clarify that God speaks in vv. 2-3.

[75:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “when I take an appointed time.”

[75:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “I, [in] fairness, I judge.” The statement is understood in a generalizing sense; God typically executes fair judgment as he governs the world. One could take this as referring to an anticipated (future) judgment, “I will judge.”

[102:9]  ⁷ sn Mourners would sometimes put ashes on their head or roll in ashes as a sign of mourning (see 2 Sam 13:19; Job 2:8; Isa 58:5).

[102:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “weeping.”

[135:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “indeed, there is not breath in their mouth.” For the collocation אַף אֵין (’af ’en, “indeed, there is not”) see Isa 41:26. Another option is to take אַף as “nose” (see Ps 115:6), in which case one might translate, “a nose, [but] they have no breath in their mouths.”

[138:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “ways.”

[138:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “great.”