Mazmur 35:16

35:16 When I tripped, they taunted me relentlessly, ¹ 

and tried to bite me. ² 

Mazmur 51:9

51:9 Hide your face ³  from my sins!

Wipe away ⁴  all my guilt!

Mazmur 66:18

66:18 If I had harbored sin in my heart, ⁵ 

the Lord would not have listened.

Mazmur 73:16

73:16 When I tried to make sense of this,

it was troubling to me. ⁶ 

Mazmur 113:6

113:6 He bends down to look ⁷ 

at the sky and the earth.

Mazmur 119:148

119:148 My eyes anticipate the nighttime hours,

so that I can meditate on your word.

[35:16]  ¹ tc The MT reads “as profane [ones] of mockers of food,” which is nonsensical. The present translation assumes (1) an emendation of בְּחַנְפֵי (bÿkhanfey, “as profane men”) to בְּחַנְפִי (bekhanfiy, “when I tripped”; preposition + Qal infinitive construct from II חָנַף [“limp”] + first common singular pronominal suffix) and (2) an emendation of לַעֲגֵי מָעוֹג (la’agey ma’og, “mockers of food”) to עָגוּ[ם]לַעְגָּ (la’gam ’agu, “[with] taunting they taunted”; masculine plural noun with enclitic mem + Qal perfect third common plural from לַּעַג [la’ag, “taunt”]).

[35:16]  ² tn Heb “gnashing at me with their teeth.” The infinitive absolute adds a complementary action – they gnashed with their teeth as they taunted.

[51:9]  ³ sn In this context Hide your face from my sins means “Do not hold me accountable for my sins.”

[51:9]  ⁴ tn See the note on the similar expression “wipe away my rebellious acts” in v. 1.

[66:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “sin if I had seen in my heart.”

[73:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “and [when] I pondered to understand this, troubling it [was] in my eyes.”

[113:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “the one who makes low to see.”