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^{[BACK TO [19]]} Psalms 9 and 10 may have been originally a single acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.

^{[BACK TO [20]]} 16 Or Meditation; possibly a musical notation

^{[BACK TO [21]]} 17 Hebrew Sheol

Psalm 10

^{[BACK TO [22]]} Psalms 9 and 10 may have been originally a single acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.

Psalm 11

^{[BACK TO [23]]} 3 Or what is the Righteous One doing

^{[BACK TO [24]]} 5 Or The LORD, the Righteous One, examines the wicked, /

Psalm 12

^{[BACK TO [25]]} Title: Probably a musical term

^{[BACK TO [26]]} 4 Or / our lips are our plowshares

Psalm 14

^{[BACK TO [27]]} 1 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient.

Psalm 16

^{[BACK TO [28]]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

^{[BACK TO [29]]} 3 Or As for the pagan priests who are in the land / and the nobles in whom all delight, I said:

^{[BACK TO [30]]} 10 Hebrew Sheol

^{[BACK TO [31]]} 10 Or your faithful one

^{[BACK TO [32]]} 11 Or You will make

Psalm 18

^{[BACK TO [33]]} 2 Horn here symbolizes strength.

^{[BACK TO [34]]} 5 Hebrew Sheol

^{[BACK TO [35]]} 13 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 2 Samuel 22:14); most Hebrew manuscripts resounded, / amid hailstones and bolts of lightning

^{[BACK TO [36]]} 29 Or can run through a barricade

Psalm 19

^{[BACK TO [37]]} 3 Or They have no speech, there are no words; / no sound is heard from them

^{[BACK TO [38]]} 4 Septuagint, Jerome and Syriac; Hebrew line

Psalm 20

^{[BACK TO [39]]} 9 Or save! / O King, answer

Psalm 22

^{[BACK TO [40]]} 3 Or Yet you are holy, / enthroned on the praises of Israel

^{[BACK TO [41]]} 15 Or / I am laid

^{[BACK TO [42]]} 16 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts / like the lion,

^{[BACK TO [43]]} 21 Or / you have heard

^{[BACK TO [44]]} 25 Hebrew him

Psalm 23

^{[BACK TO [45]]} 4 Or through the darkest valley

Psalm 24

^{[BACK TO [46]]} 4 Or swear falsely

^{[BACK TO [47]]} 6 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts face, Jacob

Psalm 25

^{[BACK TO [48]]} This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

Psalm 27

^{[BACK TO [49]]} 2 Or to slander me

^{[BACK TO [50]]} 8 Or To you, O my heart, he has said, “Seek my

Psalm 29

^{[BACK TO [51]]} 2 Or LORD with the splendor of

^{[BACK TO [52]]} 6 That is, Mount Hermon

^{[BACK TO [53]]} 9 Or LORD makes the deer give birth

^{[BACK TO [54]]} 10 Or sat

Psalm 30

^{[BACK TO [55]]} Title: Or palace

^{[BACK TO [56]]} 3 Hebrew Sheol

^{[BACK TO [57]]} 7 Or hill country

^{[BACK TO [58]]} 9 Or there if I am silenced

Psalm 31

^{[BACK TO [59]]} 10 Or guilt

^{[BACK TO [60]]} 17 Hebrew Sheol

Psalm 32

^{[BACK TO [61]]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

Psalm 33

^{[BACK TO [62]]} 7 Or sea as into a heap

Psalm 34

^{[BACK TO [63]]} This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

Psalm 35

^{[BACK TO [64]]} 3 Or and block the way

^{[BACK TO [65]]} 16 Septuagint; Hebrew may mean ungodly circle of mockers.

Psalm 36

^{[BACK TO [66]]} 1 Or heart: / Sin proceeds from the wicked.

^{[BACK TO [67]]} 7 Or love, O God! / Men find; or love! / Both heavenly beings and men / find

Psalm 37

^{[BACK TO [68]]} This psalm is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

^{[BACK TO [69]]} 37 Or there will be posterity

^{[BACK TO [70]]} 38 Or posterity

Psalm 40

^{[BACK TO [71]]} 4 Or to falsehood

^{[BACK TO [72]]} 6 Hebrew; Septuagint but a body you have prepared for me (see also Symmachus and Theodotion)

^{[BACK TO [73]]} 6 Or opened

^{[BACK TO [74]]} 7 Or come / with the scroll written for me

Psalm 42

^{[BACK TO [75]]} In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.

^{[BACK TO [76]]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

^{[BACK TO [77]]} 5, 6 A few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts praise him for his saving help. / ⁶O my God, my

Psalm 43

^{[BACK TO [78]]} In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.

Psalm 44

^{[BACK TO [79]]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

^{[BACK TO [80]]} 4 Septuagint, Aquila and Syriac; Hebrew King, O God; / command

Psalm 45

^{[BACK TO [81]]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

^{[BACK TO [82]]} 12 Or A Tyrian robe is among the gifts

Psalm 46

^{[BACK TO [83]]} Title: Probably a musical term

^{[BACK TO [84]]} 9 Or chariots

Psalm 47

^{[BACK TO [85]]} 7 Or a maskil (probably a literary or musical term)

^{[BACK TO [86]]} 9 Or shields

Psalm 48

^{[BACK TO [87]]} 2 Zaphon can refer to a sacred mountain or the direction north.

^{[BACK TO [88]]} 2 Or earth, / Mount Zion, on the northern side / of the

Psalm 49

^{[BACK TO [89]]} 11 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew In their thoughts their houses will remain

^{[BACK TO [90]]} 11 Or / for they have

^{[BACK TO [91]]} 12 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac read verse 12 the same as verse 20.

^{[BACK TO [92]]} 14 Hebrew Sheol; also in verse 15

^{[BACK TO [93]]} 14 Hebrew Sheol; also in verse 15

^{[BACK TO [94]]} 15 Or soul

Psalm 50

^{[BACK TO [95]]} 21 Or thought the ‘I AM’ was

^{[BACK TO [96]]} 23 Or and to him who considers his way / I will show

Psalm 51

^{[BACK TO [97]]} 6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

^{[BACK TO [98]]} 6 Or you desired …; / you taught

^{[BACK TO [99]]} 17 Or My sacrifice, O God, is

Psalm 52

^{[BACK TO [100]]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

Psalm 53

^{[BACK TO [101]]} Title: Probably a musical term

^{[BACK TO [102]]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

Psalm 54

^{[BACK TO [103]]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

Psalm 55

^{[BACK TO [104]]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

^{[BACK TO [105]]} 15 Hebrew Sheol

Psalm 56

^{[BACK TO [106]]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

^{[BACK TO [107]]} 8 Or / put my tears in your wineskin

^{[BACK TO [108]]} 13 Or my soul

^{[BACK TO [109]]} 13 Or the land of the living

Psalm 57

^{[BACK TO [110]]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

Psalm 58

^{[BACK TO [111]]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

^{[BACK TO [112]]} 9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

Psalm 59

^{[BACK TO [113]]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

^{[BACK TO [114]]} 11 Or sovereign

Psalm 60

^{[BACK TO [115]]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

^{[BACK TO [116]]} Title: That is, Arameans of Northwest Mesopotamia

^{[BACK TO [117]]} Title: That is, Arameans of central Syria

Psalm 62

^{[BACK TO [118]]} 7 Or / God Most High is my salvation and my honor

Psalm 64

^{[BACK TO [119]]} 5 Or us

Psalm 65

^{[BACK TO [120]]} 1 Or befits; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

^{[BACK TO [121]]} 3 Or made atonement for

^{[BACK TO [122]]} 9 Or for that is how you prepare the land

Psalm 68

^{[BACK TO [123]]} 4 Or / prepare the way for him who rides through the deserts

^{[BACK TO [124]]} 6 Or the desolate in a homeland

^{[BACK TO [125]]} 13 Or saddlebags

^{[BACK TO [126]]} 14 Hebrew Shaddai

^{[BACK TO [127]]} 18 Or gifts for men, / even

^{[BACK TO [128]]} 18 Or they

^{[BACK TO [129]]} 28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts Your God has summoned power for you

^{[BACK TO [130]]} 31 That is, the upper Nile region

Psalm 69

^{[BACK TO [131]]} 22 Or snare / and their fellowship become

Psalm 72

^{[BACK TO [132]]} 2 Or May he; similarly in verses 3–11 and 17

^{[BACK TO [133]]} 5 Septuagint; Hebrew You will be feared

^{[BACK TO [134]]} 8 That is, the Euphrates

^{[BACK TO [135]]} 8 Or the end of the land

Psalm 73

^{[BACK TO [136]]} 4 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text struggles at their death; / their bodies are healthy

^{[BACK TO [137]]} 7 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew Their eyes bulge with fat

^{[BACK TO [138]]} 10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

Psalm 74

^{[BACK TO [139]]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

Psalm 76

^{[BACK TO [140]]} 10 Or Surely the wrath of men brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself

Psalm 78

^{[BACK TO [141]]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

Psalm 80

^{[BACK TO [142]]} 11 Probably the Mediterranean

^{[BACK TO [143]]} 11 That is, the Euphrates

^{[BACK TO [144]]} 15 Or branch

Psalm 81

^{[BACK TO [145]]} Title: Probably a musical term

^{[BACK TO [146]]} 5 Or / and we heard a voice we had not known

Psalm 82

^{[BACK TO [147]]} 2 The Hebrew is plural.

Psalm 83

^{[BACK TO [148]]} 7 That is, Byblos

Psalm 84

^{[BACK TO [149]]} Title: Probably a musical term

^{[BACK TO [150]]} 6 Or blessings

^{[BACK TO [151]]} 9 Or sovereign

Psalm 86

^{[BACK TO [152]]} 13 Hebrew Sheol

^{[BACK TO [153]]} 16 Or save your faithful son

Psalm 87

^{[BACK TO [154]]} 4 A poetic name for Egypt

^{[BACK TO [155]]} 4 That is, the upper Nile region

^{[BACK TO [156]]} 4 Or “O Rahab and Babylon, / Philistia, Tyre and Cush, / I will record concerning those who acknowledge me: / ‘This

Psalm 88

^{[BACK TO [157]]} Title: Possibly a tune, “The Suffering of Affliction”

^{[BACK TO [158]]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

^{[BACK TO [159]]} 3 Hebrew Sheol

^{[BACK TO [160]]} 11 Hebrew Abaddon

Psalm 89

^{[BACK TO [161]]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

^{[BACK TO [162]]} 17 Horn here symbolizes strong one.

^{[BACK TO [163]]} 18 Or sovereign

^{[BACK TO [164]]} 24 Horn here symbolizes strength.

^{[BACK TO [165]]} 48 Hebrew Sheol

^{[BACK TO [166]]} 50 Or your servants have

Psalm 90

^{[BACK TO [167]]} 10 Or yet the best of them

^{[BACK TO [168]]} 17 Or beauty

Psalm 91

^{[BACK TO [169]]} 1 Hebrew Shaddai

^{[BACK TO [170]]} 2 Or He says

Psalm 92

^{[BACK TO [171]]} 10 Horn here symbolizes strength.

Psalm 95

^{[BACK TO [172]]} 8 Meribah means quarreling.

^{[BACK TO [173]]} 8 Massah means testing.

Psalm 96

^{[BACK TO [174]]} 9 Or LORD with the splendor of

Psalm 99

^{[BACK TO [175]]} 8 Hebrew them

^{[BACK TO [176]]} 8 Or / an avenger of the wrongs done to them

Psalm 100

^{[BACK TO [177]]} 3 Or and not we ourselves

Psalm 102

^{[BACK TO [178]]} 23 Or By his power

Psalm 104

^{[BACK TO [179]]} 4 Or angels

^{[BACK TO [180]]} 18 That is, the hyrax or rock badger

^{[BACK TO [181]]} 35 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; in the Septuagint this line stands at the beginning of Psalm 105.

Psalm 105

^{[BACK TO [182]]} 45 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

Psalm 106

^{[BACK TO [183]]} 1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 48

^{[BACK TO [184]]} 7 Hebrew Yam Suph; that is, Sea of Reeds; also in verses 9 and 22

^{[BACK TO [185]]} 33 Or against his spirit, / and rash words came from his lips

Psalm 107

^{[BACK TO [186]]} 3 Hebrew north and the sea

Psalm 109

^{[BACK TO [187]]} 6 Or [They say:] “Appoint (with quotation marks at the end of verse 19)

^{[BACK TO [188]]} 6 Or the Evil One

^{[BACK TO [189]]} 6 Or let Satan

^{[BACK TO [190]]} 10 Septuagint; Hebrew sought

^{[BACK TO [191]]} 17 Or curse, / and it has

^{[BACK TO [192]]} 17 Or blessing, / and it is

Psalm 110

^{[BACK TO [193]]} 3 Or / your young men will come to you like the dew

^{[BACK TO [194]]} 7 Or / The One who grants succession will set him in authority

Psalm 111

^{[BACK TO [195]]} This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

^{[BACK TO [196]]} 1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

Psalm 112

^{[BACK TO [197]]} This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

^{[BACK TO [198]]} 1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

^{[BACK TO [199]]} 4 Or / for[the LORD] is gracious and compassionate and righteous

^{[BACK TO [200]]} 9 Horn here symbolizes dignity.

Psalm 113

^{[BACK TO [201]]} 1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 9

Psalm 115

^{[BACK TO [202]]} 18 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

Psalm 116

^{[BACK TO [203]]} 3 Hebrew Sheol

^{[BACK TO [204]]} 10 Or believed even when

^{[BACK TO [205]]} 16 Or servant, your faithful son

^{[BACK TO [206]]} 19, 2 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

Psalm 117

^{[BACK TO [207]]} 19, 2 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

Psalm 118

^{[BACK TO [208]]} 26 The Hebrew is plural.

^{[BACK TO [209]]} 27 Or Bind the festal sacrifice with ropes / and take it

Psalm 119

^{[BACK TO [210]]} This psalm is an acrostic poem; the verses of each stanza begin with the same letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

^{[BACK TO [211]]} 37 Two manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Dead Sea Scrolls; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text life in your way

^{[BACK TO [212]]} 48 Or for

Psalm 126

^{[BACK TO [213]]} 1 Or LORD restored the fortunes of

^{[BACK TO [214]]} 1 Or men restored to health

^{[BACK TO [215]]} 4 Or Bring back our captives

Psalm 127

^{[BACK TO [216]]} 2 Or eat—/ for while they sleep he provides for

Psalm 132

^{[BACK TO [217]]} 6 That is, Kiriath Jearim

^{[BACK TO [218]]} 6 Or heard of it in Ephrathah, / we found it in the fields of Jaar. (And no quotes around verses 7–9)

^{[BACK TO [219]]} 17 Horn here symbolizes strong one, that is, king.

Psalm 135

^{[BACK TO [220]]} 1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verses 3 and 21

Psalm 136

^{[BACK TO [221]]} 13 Hebrew Yam Suph; that is, Sea of Reeds; also in verse 15

Psalm 139

^{[BACK TO [222]]} 8 Hebrew Sheol

^{[BACK TO [223]]} 17 Or concerning

Psalm 141

^{[BACK TO [224]]} 5 Or Let the Righteous One

^{[BACK TO [225]]} 7 Hebrew Sheol

Psalm 142

^{[BACK TO [226]]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

Psalm 144

^{[BACK TO [227]]} 2 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Jerome and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text subdues my people

^{[BACK TO [228]]} 14 Or our chieftains will be firmly established

Psalm 145

^{[BACK TO [229]]} This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which (including verse 13b) begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

^{[BACK TO [230]]} 5 Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text On the glorious splendor of your majesty / and on your wonderful works I will meditate

^{[BACK TO [231]]} 13 One manuscript of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text do not have the last two lines of verse 13.

Psalm 146

^{[BACK TO [232]]} 1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 10

Psalm 147

^{[BACK TO [233]]} 1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 20

Psalm 148

^{[BACK TO [234]]} 1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 14

^{[BACK TO [235]]} 14 Horn here symbolizes strong one, that is, king.

Psalm 149

^{[BACK TO [236]]} 1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 9

Psalm 150

^{[BACK TO [237]]} 1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 6