The Living Bible (511 page)
Authors: Inc. Tyndale House Publishers
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4:6
that God will care for those who are good?
Literally, “the integrity of your ways, your hope.”
5:8
Go to God and confess your sins to him,
literally, “I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause.”
9:12
he sends death to snatch a man away,
literally, “he seizes.”
9:13
The pride of man,
or “The helpers of Rahab.”
10:4-7
Are you unjust,
literally, “Have you the eyes of flesh?”
12:12
older men like me,
implied.
13:15
God may kill me . . . I am going to argue my case with him,
or “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. I will argue my case before him.”
15:31
trust in foolish riches,
literally, “trust in vanity.”
15:33
fall to the ground like a withered grape,
literally, “shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.”
19:26
this body shall see God,
or “then even without my flesh I shall see God.”
21:4
I am complaining about God,
implied.
23:14
and there is more ahead,
literally, “and many such things are with him.”
24:22-23
Yet sometimes,
implied.
26:13
The heavens are made beautiful by his Spirit,
or “The bars of heaven are afraid of him”; see v. 11.
28:11
They dam up streams of water and pan the gold,
literally, “He brings forth to the light things that are hidden.”
29:12
For I, as an honest judge,
implied in v. 7.
30:28-29
But I might as well save my breath,
implied.
33:23-24
then God pities him and says,
or “and if the Angel says.”
35:12
by instant punishment of the tyrants,
or “because of man’s base pride.”
37:13
He sends the storms,
implied.
37:19-20
You who think you know so much,
implied.
38:36
Who gives intuition and instinct?
or “Who has put wisdom in the inward parts and given understanding to the mind?”
40:15
the hippopotamus,
literally, “behemoth.”
41:1
a crocodile,
literally, “leviathan.”
42:4
You said,
implied.
42:5
But now I say,
implied.
42:13-14
gave him seven more sons and three more daughters,
making a total of twenty children, ten of whom were in heaven.
Keren,
literally “Keren-happuch.”
2:1
What fools . . . to rage,
literally, “Why do the heathen rage?”
try to outwit God,
literally, “meditate a vain thing.”
2:2
his Messiah, Christ the King,
literally, “his anointed.”
2:6
For the Lord declares,
implied.
in Jerusalem, my holy city,
literally, “upon Zion, my holy mountain.”
2:7
His chosen one replies,
implied.
This is your Coronation Day,
literally, “This day have I begotten you.”
2:12
Fall down before his Son and kiss his feet,
implied.
3:3
now bowed in shame,
implied.
3:4
from his Temple in Jerusalem,
literally, “from his holy mountain.”
3:7
insulting them and breaking off their teeth,
implied.
4:1
O God, you have declared me perfect in your eyes,
literally, “God of my righteousness.”
4:4
Stand before the Lord in awe,
literally, “Be angry.”
4:6
Prove them wrong,
implied.
6:5
For if I die, I cannot give you glory by praising you before my friends,
literally, “In the grave, who shall give you thanks?” Isaiah 57:1-2 may indicate that Old Testament saints believed in a conscious and pleasant hereafter for those who love God.
7:9
God,
literally, “the just.”
7:10
those whose hearts and lives are true and right,
literally, “the upright in heart.”
8:5
only a little lower than the angels,
or “only a little lower than God!”
9:2
O Lord God above all gods,
literally, “O Most High.”
9:4
you have endorsed my work, declaring from your throne that it is good,
literally, “you sit on the throne, judging righteously.”
9:11
in Jerusalem,
literally, “in Zion.”
9:14
at Jerusalem’s gates,
literally, “in the gates of the daughter of Zion.”
9:16
The Hebrew text adds at the end of the verse: “Higgaion. Selah.” The meanings of these words are not known.
10:4
that God is dead,
literally, “that there is no God.”
11:1
Flee,
literally, “Flee as a bird.”
11:3
Law and order have collapsed,
literally, “If the foundations have been torn down.”
11:7
the godly shall see his face,
or “his face shines down in mercy and joy upon the good.”
16:6
He sees that I am given pleasant brooks and meadows as my share,
literally, “The boundary lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places.”
18:6
from heaven,
literally, “out of his temple.”
18:8
setting fire to the earth,
literally, “coals were kindled by it.”
18:9
He bent the heavens down and came to my defense,
implied.
18:10
a mighty angel,
literally, “a cherub.”
18:12
lightning,
literally, “coals of fire.”
18:25
And you do not punish those who run from evil,
literally, “With the upright you show yourself upright.”
18:34
an iron bow,
literally, “a bow of bronze.”
19:5
as radiant as a bridegroom,
literally, “like a bridegroom.”
going to his wedding,
implied; literally, “going forth from his chamber.”
19:9
God’s laws are pure, eternal, just,
or “The rules governing the worship of the Lord are pure and need never be changed.”
22:9-11
Lord, how you have helped me before,
implied.
22:20
Rescue me from death; spare my precious life from all these evil men,
literally, “Deliver my soul from the sword, my only one from the power of the dog!”
22:23
Each of you,
literally, “All you sons of Jacob.”
22:25
praise you,
literally, “praise from you.”
22:26
The poor,
literally, “The afflicted.”
23:4
guarding, guiding all the way,
literally, “your rod and your staff comfort me.”
23:5
You have welcomed me as your guest,
literally, “You have anointed my head with oil, my cup runs over.”
24:2
He is the one who pushed the oceans back to let dry land appear,
literally, “He has founded it upon the seas.”
24:5
God’s own goodness,
literally, “righteousness,” right standing with God.
28:2
heaven,
literally, “your innermost shrine,” i.e., the Holy of Holies within the Tabernacle.
29:9
spins and topples the mighty oaks,
or “makes the hinds to calve.”
30:6-7
cut off your river of blessings,
implied.
31:2
hear my whispered plea,
implied.
31:4
For you alone are strong enough,
literally, “For you are my refuge.”
31:9-10
My sins have sapped my strength; I stoop with sorrow and with shame,
literally, “Even my bones are rotting away.”
