translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: PSA

label: NET translator note

text: The words “he said” are supplied in the translation to clarify that what follows is David’s vow.


text: Heb “the tent of my house.”


text: Heb “go up upon the bed of my couch.”


text: The plural form of the noun may indicate degree or quality; David envisions a special dwelling place (see Pss 43:3; 46:4; 84:1 ).


text: Heb “the powerful [one] of Jacob.”


text: Rather than having an antecedent, the third feminine singular pronominal suffix here (and in the next line) appears to refer to the ark of the covenant, mentioned in v. 8 . (The Hebrew term אָרוֹן [’ aron , “ark”] is sometimes construed as grammatically feminine. See 1 Sam 4:17 ; 2 Chr 8:11 .)


text: Heb “fields of the forest.” The Hebrew term יָעַר ( ya ’ ad , “forest”) is apparently a shortened alternative name for קִרְיַת יְעָרִים ( qiryat yÿ ’ arim , “Kiriath-jearim”), the place where the ark was kept after it was released by the Philistines and from which David and his men retrieved it (see 1 Chr 13:6 ).


text: Or “bow down.”


text: Or “righteousness.”


text: Heb “do not turn away the face of your anointed one.”


text: Heb “the Lord swore an oath to David [in] truth.”


text: Heb “he will not turn back from it.”


text: The words “he said” are supplied in the translation to clarify that what follows are the Lord ’s words.


text: Heb “the fruit of your body.”


text: Or “for.”


text: Heb “he desired it for his dwelling place.”


text: The words “he said” are added in the translation to clarify that what follows are the Lord ’s words.


text: Heb “for I desired it.”


text: Heb “I will greatly bless her provision.” The infinitive absolute is used to emphasize the verb.


text: Heb “her poor I will satisfy [with] food.”


text: Heb “and her priests I will clothe [with] deliverance.”


text: Heb “[with] shouting they will shout.” The infinitive absolute is used to emphasize the verb.


text: Heb “there I will cause a horn to sprout for David.” The horn of an ox underlies the metaphor (cf. Deut 33:17 ; 1 Kgs 22:11 ; Pss 18:2; 92:10 ). The horn of the wild ox is frequently a metaphor for military strength; the idiom “exalt the horn” signifies military victory (see 1 Sam 2:10 ; Pss 89:17, 24; 92:10 ; Lam 2:17 ). In the ancient Near East powerful warrior-kings would sometimes compare themselves to a goring bull that used its horns to kill its enemies. For examples, see P. Miller, “El the Warrior,” HTR 60 (1967): 422-25, and R. B. Chisholm, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of /” (Th.D. diss., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1983), 135-36.


text: Heb “I have arranged a lamp for my anointed one.” Here the “lamp” is a metaphor for the Davidic dynasty (see 1 Kgs 11:36 ).


text: Heb “his enemies I will clothe [with] shame.”