[40:4] 1 tn The Hebrew noun is an abstract plural. The word often refers metonymically to the happiness that God-given security and prosperity produce (see Pss 1:1, 3; 2:12; 34:9; 41:1; 65:4; 84:12; 89:15; 106:3; 112:1; 127:5; 128:1; 144:15).
[40:4] 2 tn Heb “man.” See the note on the word “one” in Ps 1:1.
[40:4] 3 tn Heb “who has made the
[40:4] 4 tn Heb “and does not turn toward.”
[40:4] 5 tn Heb “those falling away toward a lie.”
[102:17] 6 tn The Hebrew adjective עַרְעָר (’arar, “destitute”) occurs only here in the OT. It is derived from the verbal root ערר (“to strip oneself”).
[102:17] 8 tn The perfect verbal forms in vv. 16-17 are functioning as future perfects, indicating future actions that will precede the future developments described in v. 15.