Mazmur 22:29
Konteks22:29 All of the thriving people 1 of the earth will join the celebration and worship; 2
all those who are descending into the grave 3 will bow before him,
including those who cannot preserve their lives. 4
Mazmur 22:1
KonteksFor the music director; according to the tune “Morning Doe;” 6 a psalm of David.
22:1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? 7
I groan in prayer, but help seems far away. 8
Mazmur 19:1-14
KonteksFor the music director; a psalm of David.
19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; 10
the sky displays his handiwork. 11
19:2 Day after day it speaks out; 12
night after night it reveals his greatness. 13
19:3 There is no actual speech or word,
nor is its 14 voice literally heard.
19:4 Yet its voice 15 echoes 16 throughout the earth;
its 17 words carry 18 to the distant horizon. 19
In the sky 20 he has pitched a tent for the sun. 21
19:5 Like a bridegroom it emerges 22 from its chamber; 23
like a strong man it enjoys 24 running its course. 25
19:6 It emerges from the distant horizon, 26
and goes from one end of the sky to the other; 27
nothing can escape 28 its heat.
19:7 The law of the Lord is perfect
and preserves one’s life. 29
The rules set down by the Lord 30 are reliable 31
and impart wisdom to the inexperienced. 32
19:8 The Lord’s precepts are fair 33
and make one joyful. 34
The Lord’s commands 35 are pure 36
and give insight for life. 37
19:9 The commands to fear the Lord are right 38
and endure forever. 39
The judgments given by the Lord are trustworthy
and absolutely just. 40
19:10 They are of greater value 41 than gold,
than even a great amount of pure gold;
they bring greater delight 42 than honey,
than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.
19:11 Yes, your servant finds moral guidance there; 43
those who obey them receive a rich reward. 44
19:12 Who can know all his errors? 45
Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of. 46
19:13 Moreover, keep me from committing flagrant 47 sins;
do not allow such sins to control me. 48
Then I will be blameless,
and innocent of blatant 49 rebellion.
19:14 May my words and my thoughts
be acceptable in your sight, 50
O Lord, my sheltering rock 51 and my redeemer. 52
Mazmur 145:13
Konteks145:13 Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, 53
and your dominion endures through all generations.
[22:29] 1 tn Heb “fat [ones].” This apparently refers to those who are healthy and robust, i.e., thriving. In light of the parallelism, some prefer to emend the form to יְשֵׁנֵי (yÿsheney, “those who sleep [in the earth]”; cf. NAB, NRSV), but דִּשְׁנֵי (dishney, “fat [ones]”) seems to form a merism with “all who descend into the grave” in the following line. The psalmist envisions all people, whether healthy or dying, joining in worship of the
[22:29] 2 tn Heb “eat and worship.” The verb forms (a perfect followed by a prefixed form with vav [ו] consecutive) are normally used in narrative to relate completed actions. Here the psalmist uses the forms rhetorically as he envisions a time when the
[22:29] 3 tn Heb “all of the ones going down [into] the dust.” This group stands in contrast to those mentioned in the previous line. Together the two form a merism encompassing all human beings – the healthy, the dying, and everyone in between.
[22:29] 4 tn Heb “and his life he does not revive.”
[22:1] 5 sn Psalm 22. The psalmist cries out to the Lord for deliverance from his dangerous enemies, who have surrounded him and threaten his life. Confident that the Lord will intervene, he then vows to thank the Lord publicly for his help and anticipates a time when all people will recognize the Lord’s greatness and worship him.
[22:1] 6 tn Heb “according to the doe of the dawn.” Apparently this refers to a particular musical tune or style.
[22:1] 7 sn From the psalmist’s perspective it seems that God has abandoned him, for he fails to answer his cry for help (vv. 1b-2).
[22:1] 8 tn Heb “far from my deliverance [are] the words of my groaning.” The Hebrew noun שְׁאָגָה (shÿ’agah) and its related verb שָׁאַג (sha’ag) are sometimes used of a lion’s roar, but they can also describe human groaning (see Job 3:24 and Pss 32:3 and 38:8.
[19:1] 9 sn Psalm 19. The psalmist praises God for his self-revelation in the heavens and in the Mosaic law. The psalmist concludes with a prayer, asking the Lord to keep him from sinning and to approve of his thoughts and words.
[19:1] 10 sn God’s glory refers here to his royal majesty and power.
[19:1] 11 tn Heb “and the work of his hands the sky declares.” The participles emphasize the ongoing testimony of the heavens/sky.
[19:2] 12 tn Heb “it gushes forth a word.” The “sky” (see v. 1b) is the subject of the verb. Though not literally speaking (see v. 3), it clearly reveals God’s royal majesty. The sun’s splendor and its movement across the sky is in view (see vv. 4-6).
[19:2] 13 tn Heb “it [i.e., the sky] declares knowledge,” i.e., knowledge about God’s royal majesty and power (see v. 1). This apparently refers to the splendor and movements of the stars. The imperfect verbal forms in v. 2, like the participles in the preceding verse, combine with the temporal phrases (“day after day” and “night after night”) to emphasize the ongoing testimony of the sky.
[19:3] 14 tn Heb “their.” The antecedent of the plural pronoun is “heavens” (v. 1).
[19:4] 15 tc The MT reads, “their measuring line” (קוּם, qum). The noun קַו (qav, “measuring line”) makes no sense in this context. The reading קוֹלָם (qolam, “their voice”) which is supported by the LXX, is preferable.
[19:4] 16 tn Heb “goes out,” or “proceeds forth.”
[19:4] 17 tn Heb “their” (see the note on the word “its” in v. 3).
[19:4] 18 tn The verb is supplied in the translation. The Hebrew text has no verb; יָצָא (yatsa’, “goes out”) is understood by ellipsis.
[19:4] 19 tn Heb “to the end of the world.”
[19:4] 20 tn Heb “in them” (i.e., the heavens).
[19:4] 21 sn He has pitched a tent for the sun. The personified sun emerges from this “tent” in order to make its daytime journey across the sky. So the “tent” must refer metaphorically to the place where the sun goes to rest during the night.
[19:5] 22 tn The participle expresses the repeated or regular nature of the action.
[19:5] 23 tn The Hebrew noun חֻפָּה (khufah, “chamber”) occurs elsewhere only in Isa 4:5 and Joel 2:16 (where it refers to the bedroom of a bride and groom).
[19:5] sn Like a bridegroom. The metaphor likens the sun to a bridegroom who rejoices on his wedding night.
[19:5] 24 tn The imperfect verbal form draws attention to the regularity of the action.
[19:5] 25 tn Heb “[on] a path.”
[19:5] sn Like a strong man. The metaphorical language reflects the brilliance of the sunrise, which attests to the sun’s vigor.
[19:6] 26 tn Heb “from the end of the heavens [is] its going forth.”
[19:6] 27 tn Heb “and its circuit [is] to their ends.”
[19:6] 28 tn Heb “is hidden from.”
[19:7] 29 tn Heb “[it] restores life.” Elsewhere the Hiphil of שׁוּב (shuv, “return”) when used with נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “life”) as object, means to “rescue or preserve one’s life” (Job 33:30; Ps 35:17) or to “revive one’s strength” (emotionally or physically; cf. Ruth 4:15; Lam 1:11, 16, 19). Here the point seems to be that the law preserves the life of the one who studies it by making known God’s will. Those who know God’s will know how to please him and can avoid offending him. See v. 11a.
[19:7] 30 tn Traditionally, “the testimony of the
[19:7] 31 tn God’s covenant contains a clear, reliable witness to his moral character and demands.
[19:7] 32 tn Or “the [morally] naive,” that is, the one who is young and still in the process of learning right from wrong and distinguishing wisdom from folly.
[19:8] 33 tn Or “just.” Perhaps the idea is that they impart a knowledge of what is just and right.
[19:8] 34 tn Heb “[they] make happy [the] heart.” Perhaps the point is that they bring a sense of joyful satisfaction to the one who knows and keeps them, for those who obey God’s law are richly rewarded. See v. 11b.
[19:8] 35 tn Heb “command.” The singular here refers to the law as a whole.
[19:8] 36 tn Because they reflect God’s character, his commands provide a code of moral and ethical purity.
[19:8] 37 tn Heb [they] enlighten [the] eyes.
[19:9] 38 tn Heb “the fear of the
[19:9] 39 tn Heb “[it] stands permanently.”
[19:9] 40 sn Trustworthy and absolutely just. The Lord’s commands accurately reflect God’s moral will for his people and are an expression of his just character.
[19:10] 41 tn Heb “more desirable.”
[19:10] 42 tn Heb “are sweeter.” God’s law is “sweet’ in the sense that, when obeyed, it brings a great reward (see v. 11b).
[19:11] 43 tn Heb “moreover your servant is warned by them.”
[19:11] 44 tn Heb “in the keeping of them [there is] a great reward.”
[19:12] 45 tn Heb “Errors who can discern?” This rhetorical question makes the point that perfect moral discernment is impossible to achieve. Consequently it is inevitable that even those with good intentions will sin on occasion.
[19:12] 46 tn Heb “declare me innocent from hidden [things],” i.e., sins. In this context (see the preceding line) “hidden” sins are not sins committed in secret, but sins which are not recognized as such by the psalmist.
[19:13] 47 tn Or “presumptuous.”
[19:13] 48 tn Heb “let them not rule over me.”
[19:14] 50 tn Heb “may the words of my mouth and the thought of my heart be acceptable before you.” The prefixed verbal form at the beginning of the verse is understood as a jussive of prayer. Another option is to translate the form as an imperfect continuing the thought of v. 14b: “[Then] the words of my mouth and the thought of my heart will be acceptable before you.”
[19:14] 51 tn Heb “my rocky cliff,” which is a metaphor for protection; thus the translation “sheltering rock.”
[19:14] 52 tn Heb “and the one who redeems me.” The metaphor casts the Lord in the role of a leader who protects members of his extended family in times of need and crisis.