Proverbs 3

Proverbs 3:1

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Proverbs 3:2

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Proverbs 3:3

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Proverbs 3:4

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Proverbs 3:5

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Proverbs 3:6

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Proverbs 3:9

1 sn Psalms 116. The psalmist thanks the Lord for delivering him from a life threatening crisis and promises to tell the entire covenant community what God has done for him.

2 tn Heb “I love because the Lord heard my voice, my pleas.” It is possible that “the Lord” originally appeared directly after “I love” and was later accidentally misplaced. The translation assumes the prefixed verbal form is a preterite. The psalmist recalls that God heard his cry for help (note the perfect in v. 2a and the narrative in vv. 3-4).

Proverbs 3:10

3 tn Heb “because he turned his ear to me.”

4 tn Heb “and in my days I will cry out.”

Proverbs 3:11

5 tn Heb “surrounded me.”

6 tn The Hebrew noun מצר (“straits; distress”) occurs only here, Psalms 118:5 and Lamentations 1:3. If retained, it refers to Sheol as a place where one is confined or severely restricted (cf. BDB 865 s.v. מֵצַר, “the straits of Sheol”; NIV “the anguish of the grave”; NRSV “the pangs of Sheol”). However, HALOT 624 s.v. מֵצַר suggests an emendation to מְצָדֵי (mÿtsadey, “snares of”), a rare noun attested in Job 19:6 and Ecclesiastes 7:26. This proposal, which is reflected in the translation, produces better parallelism with “ropes” in the preceding line.

7 tn The translation assumes the prefixed verbal form is a preterite. The psalmist recalls the crisis from which the Lord delivered him.

Proverbs 3:14

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Proverbs 3:15

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Proverbs 3:21

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Proverbs 3:24

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Proverbs 3:29

1 sn Psalms 117. The psalmist tells the nations to praise the Lord for his loyal love and faithfulness.

2 tn Or “peoples” (see Psalms 108:3).

Proverbs 3:30

3 tn For this sense of the Hebrew verb גָּבַר (gavar), see Psalms 103:11 and L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 17, 19.

Proverbs 3:32

1 sn Psalms 118. The psalmist thanks God for his deliverance and urges others to join him in praise.

2 tn Or “is forever.”

Proverbs 3:34

3 tn Heb “house.”

Proverbs 3:35

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