Footnotes

1. Psalm 51:18 tn Heb “do what is good for Zion in your favor.”
2. Psalm 51:18 tn Or “Build.” The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.
3. Psalm 51:19 tn Or “desire, take delight in.”
4. Psalm 51:19 tn Heb “then they will offer up bulls.” The third plural subject is indefinite.
5. Psalm 51:19 sn Verses 18-19 appear to reflect the exilic period, when the city’s walls lay in ruins and the sacrificial system had been disrupted.