Mazmur 6:3

6:3 I am absolutely terrified, ¹ 

and you, Lord – how long will this continue? ² 

Mazmur 76:4

76:4 You shine brightly and reveal your majesty,

as you descend from the hills where you killed your prey. ³ 

Mazmur 119:164

119:164 Seven ⁴  times a day I praise you

because of your just regulations.

[6:3]  ¹ tn Heb “my being is very terrified.” The suffixed form of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being”) is often equivalent to a pronoun in poetic texts.

[6:3]  ² tn Heb “and you, Lord, how long?” The suffering psalmist speaks in broken syntax. He addresses God, but then simply cries out with a brief, but poignant, question: How long will this (= his suffering) continue?

[76:4]  ³ tn Heb “radiant [are] you, majestic from the hills of prey.” God is depicted as a victorious king and as a lion that has killed its victims.

[119:164]  ⁴ tn The number “seven” is use rhetorically to suggest thoroughness.