Psalms 127

Psalms 127:2

1 sn Psalms 102. The psalmist laments his oppressed state, but longs for a day when the Lord will restore Jerusalem and vindicate his suffering people.

2 tn Heb “and may my cry for help come to you.”

Psalms 127:3

3 tn Heb “do not hide your face from me in the day of my trouble.” The idiom “to hide the face” can mean “to ignore” (see Psalms 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or carry the stronger idea of “to reject” (see Psalms 29:7; 30:7; 88:14).

4 tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”

Psalms 127:4

5 tn Heb “for my days come to an end in smoke.”

6 tn The Hebrew noun מוֹ־קֵד (mo-qed, “fireplace”) occurs only here, in Isaiah 33:14 (where it refers to the fire itself), and perhaps in Leviticus 6:2.

Psalms 127:5

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