References and Abbreviations


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Allen, Psalms Leslie C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (Word Biblical Commentary, vol. 21; Word, 1983)
BDAG Walter Bauer and Frederick William Danker, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Third Edition; based on previous English editions by W.F. Arndt, F.W. Gingrich, and F.W. Danker; University of Chicago Press, 1957, 1979, 2000)
BDB Francis Brown, S.R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (Clarendon Press, 1907)
ESV English Standard Version (Crossway, 2001)
Delitzsch, Psalms Keil, Carl Friedreich. and Franz Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament (Delitzsch wrote the commentary on Psalms in this series; German 1861; T & T Clark, 1891; Kindle version)
Holland William L. Holladay, A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, based on the Lexical work of Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans / Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1988)
Kidner, Psalms Derek Kidner, Psalms 73-150: A Commentary (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries; InterVarsity Press, 1975)
KJV King James Version
Longman, Psalms Tremper Longman III, Psalms: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries; IVP Academic, 2014)
NASB New American Standard Bible (The Lockman Foundation, 1977, 1995)
NICOT Psalms Nancy deClaissé-Walford, Rolf A. Jacobson, and Beth LaNeel Tanner, The Book of Psalms (New International Commentary on the Old Testament (NICOT); Eerdmans, 2014). Nancy deClaissé-Walford wrote the portion of the commentary that includes Psalms 120-134.
NIV New International Version (International Bible Society, 1973, 1978)
NJB New Jerusalem Bible (Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd., 1985)
NRSV New Revised Standard Version (Division of Christian Education, National Council of Churches of Christ USA, 1989)
TDNT Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich (editors), Geoffrey W. Bromiley (translator and editor), Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Eerdmans, 1964-1976; translated from Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament, ten-volume edition)
Thayer Joseph Henry Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (reprinted from 1889 edition)
The Message Eugene H. Peterson (translator), The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language (NavPress, 2002).
TWOT Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke, (editors), Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (2 volumes, Moody Press, 1980)

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