Mazmur 27:1

Psalm 27 ¹ 

By David.

27:1 The Lord delivers and vindicates me! ² 

I fear no one! ³ 

The Lord protects my life!

I am afraid of no one! ⁴ 

Yesaya 43:3

43:3 For I am the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, ⁵  your deliverer.

I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price,

Ethiopia and Seba ⁶  in place of you.

Yesaya 45:8

45:8 O sky, rain down from above!

Let the clouds send down showers ⁷  of deliverance!

Let the earth absorb it ⁸  so salvation may grow, ⁹ 

and deliverance may sprout up ¹⁰  along with it.

I, the Lord, create it. ¹¹ 

Yesaya 46:13

46:13 I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away;

I am bringing my salvation near, ¹²  it does not wait.

I will save Zion; ¹³ 

I will adorn Israel with my splendor.” ¹⁴ 

Yesaya 51:5

51:5 I am ready to vindicate, ¹⁵ 

I am ready to deliver, ¹⁶ 

I will establish justice among the nations. ¹⁷ 

The coastlands ¹⁸  wait patiently for me;

they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power. ¹⁹ 

Yesaya 56:1

The Lord Invites Outsiders to Enter

56:1 This is what the Lord says,

“Promote ²⁰  justice! Do what is right!

For I am ready to deliver you;

I am ready to vindicate you openly. ²¹ 

Yesaya 62:11

62:11 Look, the Lord announces to the entire earth: ²² 

“Say to Daughter Zion,

‘Look, your deliverer comes!

Look, his reward is with him

and his reward goes before him!’” ²³ 

[27:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 27. The author is confident of the Lord’s protection and asks the Lord to vindicate him.

[27:1]  ² tn Heb “the Lord [is] my light and my deliverance.” “Light” is often used as a metaphor for deliverance and the life/blessings it brings. See Pss 37:6; 97:11; 112:4; Isa 49:6; 51:4; Mic 7:8. Another option is that “light” refers here to divine guidance (see Ps 43:3).

[27:1]  ³ tn Heb “Whom shall I fear?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “No one!”

[27:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “Of whom shall I be afraid?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “No one!”

[43:3]  ⁵ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[43:3]  ⁶ sn Seba is not the same as Sheba in southern Arabia; cf. Gen 1:10; 1 Chr 1:9.

[45:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “let the clouds drip with”; KJV “let the skies pour down.”

[45:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “open up” (so NASB); NIV, NLT “open wide.”

[45:8]  ⁹ tc The plural verb should be emended to a singular form. The vav (ו) ending is probably virtually dittographic (note the yod at the beginning of the following word).

[45:8]  ¹⁰ tc The Hiphil verb form (תַצְמִיחַ, tatsmiakh) should probably be emended to a Qal (תִצְמַח, titsmakh). The יח sequence at the end of the form is probably due to dittography (note the following יַחַד, yakhad).

[45:8]  ¹¹ tn The masculine singular pronominal suffix probably refers back to יָשַׁע (yasha’, “salvation”).

[46:13]  ¹² tn Heb “my salvation.” The verb “I am bringing near” is understood by ellipsis (note the previous line).

[46:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “I will place in Zion salvation”; NASB “I will grant salvation in Zion.”

[46:13]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to Israel my splendor”; KJV, ASV “for Israel my glory.”

[51:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “my righteousness [or “vindication”] is near.”

[51:5]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “my deliverance goes forth.”

[51:5]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and my arms will judge [on behalf of] nations.”

[51:5]  ¹⁸ tn Or “islands” (NIV); TEV “Distant lands.”

[51:5]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “for my arm” (so NIV, NRSV).

[56:1]  ²⁰ tn Heb “guard”; KJV “Keep”; NAB “Observe”; NASB “Preserve”; NIV, NRSV “Maintain.”

[56:1]  ²¹ tn Heb “for near is my deliverance to enter, and my vindication [or “righteousness”] to be revealed.”

[62:11]  ²² tn Heb “to the end of the earth” (so NASB, NRSV).

[62:11]  ²³ sn As v. 12 indicates, the returning exiles are the Lord’s reward/prize. See also 40:10 and the note there.