a-a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a Cf. I Sam. 19.11.
b-b Lit. “swords.”
c With several mss.; cf. v. 18; lit. “His.”
a-a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
b Cf. 2 Sam. 8; 1 Chron. 18.
c-c Or “You have sated Your people with a bitter draft.”
d Cf. Ps. 108.7–14.
e-e Or “by His holiness.”
a Taking the noun yr&sbreve;st as an alternate form of ’r&sbreve;st; cf. Ps. 21.3.
b Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a-a Lit. “suet and fat.”
a-a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
b Meaning of verse uncertain.
c Reading tamnu with some mss. (cf. Minhat Shai) and Rashi; most printed editions, tamnu traditionally rendered “they have accomplished.”
a Lit. “flesh.”
a-a Lit. “put a trammel on our loins.”
a The coherence of this psalm and the meaning of many of its passages are uncertain.
a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
b Cf. Ps. 40.14–18.
a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a-a Or “their life is precious in his sight.”
b-b Meaning of some Heb. phrases in these verses uncertain.
a-a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
b-b Lit. “I was pierced through in my kidneys.”
c-c Meaning of Heb. uncertain; others “And afterward receive me with glory.”
d Lit. “rock.”
a-a Lit. “Lift up Your feet.”
b-b Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
c-c Or “seafaring men”; meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a-a Lit. “with arrogant neck you speak.”
b Reading midb&abar;r with many mss.
a-a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a-a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a Lit. “killed.”
b Or “set a limit to.”
c-c Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
d Or “hill” with Septuagint and Saadia.
e-e Inverted for clarity.
f I.e., the Ark; cf. Ps. 132.8.
g-g Lit. “had no nuptial song.”
a Lit. “son.”
b Lit. “hand.”
a-a Or “He went forth against.”
b-b Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
c Lit. “him,” i.e., Israel.
a-a Lit. “lift up the head.”
b Lit. “Fill.”
a-a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
b-b Others “strength to strength.”
c Or “bulwark,” with Targum; cf. Isa. 54.12.
a-a Or “have favored.”
b Or “have restored.”
c-c Or “have forgiven.”
d Or “have pardoned.”
e-e Or “have withdrawn.”
f Or “have turned.”
a The meaning of many passages in this psalm is uncertain.
b-b Order of lines inverted for clarity.
c A primeval monster; here, a poetic term for Egypt; cf. Isa. 30.7.
d-d Or “He will preserve it supreme.”
e Lit. “sources.”
a-a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
b-b Or “by day I cry out [and] by night.”
c Lit. “released.”
d Lit. “darkness.”
e-e Following Saadia; meaning of Heb. uncertain.
f Lit. “into darkness.”
a Referring to vv. 4–5; cf. 2 Sam. 7.1–17.
b-b Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a Or “contrition.”
b-b Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
c-c Or “fly away.”
a Or “profound.”
a Cf. 1 Chron. 16.23–33.
a Or “women.”
b Others “joy.”
a-a Clauses transposed for clarity.
b-b Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a-a Traditionally “for the thanksgiving offering.”
b-b So qere; kethib and some ancient versions “not we ourselves.”
a-a Others “I forget.”
b-b Lit. “cling to my flesh.”
c-c Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a-a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a Lit. “His.”
b-b Lit. “to make the face shine from oil.”
a I.e., the Ark; cf. Ps. 78.61; 132.8.
b-b Or “Their heart changed.”
c-c Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
d Lit. “them.”
a Cf. Targum, Kimhi.
a Viz., of death.
a With vv. 2–6, cf. Ps. 57.8–12.
b With vv. 7–14, cf. Ps. 60.7–14.
c-c Or “by His holiness.”
a-a Or “but I am all prayer”; meaning of Heb. uncertain, but see v. 7.
b-b Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a-a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
b-b Or “after the manner of Melchizedek.”
a-a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
b Or “chief part.”
a-a Or “He shines as a light.”
a-a Or “sanctuary.”
a With vv. 4–11, cf. Ps. 135.15–20.
a-a Heb. transposed for clarity; others “I would love that the LORD hear,” etc.
b I.e., God.
c-c Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
d Others “of you.”
a-a Meaning of ’amilam in this and the following two verses uncertain.
b I.e., the enemy.
c Others “song.”
d Or “righteous.”
e Or “righteousness.”
f-f Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a-a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
b-b Or “songs for me.”
c-c Or “I declare all [Your] precepts to be just.”
d-d With Targum; or “The exposition of Your words gives”; meaning of Heb. uncertain.
e Or “have contended with.”
a A term of uncertain meaning.
a-a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a-a Lit. “we are veritable dreamers.”
a-a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
b Lit. “heritage.”
a-a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a Lit. “eyes.”
b Cf. 1 Sam. 7.1–2; 1 Chron. 13.5–6.
a Others “against you.”
b With vv. 15–20, cf. Ps. 115.4–11.
a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
b Others “forget its cunning.”
c With Targum; others “who are to be destroyed.”
a-a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a-a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
b-b Cf. Rashi, Ibn Ezra; meaning of Heb. uncertain.
c Lit. “kidneys.”
a-a Lit. “push my feet.”
b Lit. “arms.”
c-c Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a Meaning of vv. 5–7 uncertain.
b I.e., the evildoers of v. 4.
a Cf. 1 Sam. 24.3–4.
b-b Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a-a Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a So Targum, Saadia; others “my people.”
b With Rashi; lit. “right hand.”
c The meaning of several phrases in vv. 12–14 is uncertain.
a-a A Qumran Pss. scroll reads: “they will speak of, and Your wonders.”
b Lit. “flesh.”
a Lit. “thighs.”
a Or “as befits.”
Proverbs
1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
2For learning wisdom and discipline;
For understanding words of discernment;
3For acquiring the discipline for success,
Righteousness, justice, and equity;
4For endowing the simple with shrewdness,
The young with knowledge and foresight.
5—The wise man, hearing them, will gain more wisdom;
The discerning man will learn to be adroit;
6For understanding proverb and epigram,
The words of the wise and their riddles.
7The fear of the LORD is the beginninga of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and discipline.
8My son, heed the discipline of your father,
And do not forsake the instruction of your mother;
9For they are a graceful wreath upon your head,
A necklace about your throat.
10My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield;
11If they say, “Come with us,
Let us set an ambush to shed blood,
Let us lie in wait for the innocent
(Without cause!)
12Like Sheol, let us swallow them alive;
Whole, like those who go down into the Pit.
13We shall obtain every precious treasure;
We shall fill our homes with loot.
14Throw in your lot with us;
We shall all have a common purse.”
15My son, do not set out with them;
Keep your feet from their path.
16For their feet run to evil;
They hurry to shed blood.
17In the eyes of every winged creature
The outspread net means nothing.
18But they lie in ambush for their own blood;
They lie in wait for their own lives.
19Such is the fate of all who pursue unjust gain;
It takes the life of its possessor.
20Wisdomb cries aloud in the streets,
Raises her voice in the squares.
21At the head of the busy streets she calls;
At the entrance of the gates, in the city, she speaks out:
22“How long will you simple ones love simplicity,
You scoffers be eager to scoff,
You dullards hate knowledge?
23You are indifferent to my rebuke;
I will now speak my mind to you,
And let you know my thoughts.
24Since you refused me when I called,
And paid no heed when I extended my hand,
25You spurned all my advice,
And would not hear my rebuke,
26I will laugh at your calamity,
And mock when terror comes upon you,
27When terror comes like a disaster,
And calamity arrives like a whirlwind,
When trouble and distress come upon you.
28Then they shall call me but I will not answer;
They shall seek me but not find me.
29Because they hated knowledge,
And did not choose fear of the LORD;
30They refused my advice,
And disdained all my rebukes,
31They shall eat the fruit of their ways,
And have their fill of their own counsels.
32The tranquillity of the simple will kill them,
And the complacency of dullards will destroy them.
33But he who listens to me will dwell in safety,
Untroubled by the terror of misfortune.”
2 My son, if you accept my words
And treasure up my commandments;
2If you make your ear attentive to wisdom
And your mind open to discernment;
3If you call to understanding
And cry aloud to discernment,
4If you seek it as you do silver
And search for it as for treasures,
5Then you will understand the fear of the LORD
And attain knowledge of God.
6For the LORD grants wisdom;
Knowledge and discernment are by His decree.
7He reserves ability for the upright
And is a shield for those who live blamelessly,
8Guarding the paths of justice,
Protecting the way of those loyal to Him.
9You will then understand what is right, just,
And equitable—every good course.
10For wisdom will enter your mind
And knowledge will delight you.
11Foresight will protect you,
And discernment will guard you.
12It will save you from the way of evil men,
From men who speak duplicity,
13Who leave the paths of rectitude
To follow the ways of darkness,
14Who rejoice in doing evil
And exult in the duplicity of evil men,
15Men whose paths are crooked
And who are devious in their course.
16It will save you from the forbiddena woman,
From the alien woman whose talk is smooth,
17Who forsakes the companion of her youth
And disregards the covenant of her God.
18Her house sinks down to Death,
And her course leads to the shades.
19All who go to her cannot return
And find again the paths of life.
20So follow the way of the good
And keep to the paths of the just.
21For the upright will inhabit the earth,
The blameless will remain in it.
22While the wicked will vanish from the land
And the treacherous will be rooted out of it.
3 My son, do not forget my teaching,
But let your mind retain my commandments;
2For they will bestow on you length of days,
Years of life and well-being.
3Let fidelity and steadfastness not leave you;
Bind them about your throat,
Write them on the tablet of your mind,
4And you will find favor and approbation
In the eyes of God and man.
5Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
And do not rely on your own understanding.
6In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths smooth.
7Do not be wise in your own eyes;
Fear the LORD and shun evil.
8It will be a cure for your body,a
A tonic for your bones.
9Honor the LORD with your wealth,
With the best of all your income,
10And your barns will be filled with grain,
Your vats will burst with new wine.
11Do not reject the discipline of the LORD, my son;
Do not abhor His rebuke.
12For whom the LORD loves, He rebukes,
As a father the son whom he favors.
13Happy is the man who finds wisdom,
The man who attains understanding.
14Her value in trade is better than silver,
Her yield, greater than
