Yesaya 12:2

12:2 Look, God is my deliverer! ¹ 

I will trust in him ²  and not fear.

For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; ³ 

he has become my deliverer.” ⁴ 

Yesaya 12:1

12:1 At that time ⁵  you will say:

“I praise you, O Lord,

for even though you were angry with me,

your anger subsided, and you consoled me.

Yesaya 16:1

16:1 Send rams as tribute to the ruler of the land, ⁶ 

from Sela in the desert ⁷ 

to the hill of Daughter Zion.

Mazmur 65:5

65:5 You answer our prayers by performing awesome acts of deliverance,

O God, our savior. ⁸ 

All the ends of the earth trust in you, ⁹ 

as well as those living across the wide seas. ¹⁰ 

Mazmur 68:19-20

68:19 The Lord deserves praise! ¹¹ 

Day after day ¹²  he carries our burden,

the God who delivers us. (Selah)

68:20 Our God is a God who delivers;

the Lord, the sovereign Lord, can rescue from death. ¹³ 

Mazmur 79:9

79:9 Help us, O God, our deliverer!

For the sake of your glorious reputation, ¹⁴  rescue us!

Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation! ¹⁵ 

Mazmur 85:4

85:4 Restore us, O God our deliverer!

Do not be displeased with us! ¹⁶ 

Habakuk 3:18

3:18 I will rejoice because of ¹⁷  the Lord;

I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!

[12:2]  ¹ tn Or “salvation” (KJV, NIV, NRSV).

[12:2]  ² tn The words “in him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:2]  ³ tc The Hebrew text has, “for my strength and protection [is] the Lord, the Lord (Heb “Yah, Yahweh).” The word יְהוָה (yehvah) is probably dittographic or explanatory here (note that the short form of the name [יָהּ, yah] precedes, and that the graphically similar וַיְהִי [vayÿhi] follows). Exod 15:2, the passage from which the words of v. 2b are taken, has only יָהּ. The word זִמְרָת (zimrat) is traditionally understood as meaning “song,” in which case one might translate, “for the Lord gives me strength and joy” (i.e., a reason to sing); note that in v. 5 the verb זָמַר (zamar, “sing”) appears. Many recent commentators, however, have argued that the noun is here instead a homonym, meaning “protection” or “strength.” See HALOT 274 s.v. III *זמר.

[12:2]  ⁴ tn Or “salvation” (so many English versions, e.g., KJV, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “my savior.”

[12:1]  ⁵ tn Or “in that day” (KJV).

[16:1]  ⁶ tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “Send [a plural imperatival form is used] a ram [to] the ruler of the land.” The term כַּר (kar, “ram”) should be emended to the plural כָּרִים (karim). The singular form in the text is probably the result of haplography; note that the next word begins with a mem (מ).

[16:1]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text has “toward [across?] the desert.”

[65:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “[with] awesome acts in deliverance you answer us, O God of our salvation.”

[65:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “a source of confidence [for] all the ends of the earth.”

[65:5]  sn All the ends of the earth trust in you. This idealistic portrayal of universal worship is typical hymnic hyperbole, though it does anticipate eschatological reality.

[65:5]  ¹⁰ tc Heb “and [the] distant sea.” The plural adjective is problematic after the singular form “sea.” One could emend יָם (yam, “sea”) to יָמִים (yamim, “seas”), or emend the plural form רְחֹקִים (rÿkhoqim, “far”) to the singular רָחֹק (rakhoq). In this case the final mem (ם) could be treated as dittographic; note the mem on the beginning of the first word in v. 6.

[68:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord.”

[68:19]  ¹² tn It is possible to take this phrase with what precedes (“The Lord deserves praise day after day”) rather than with what follows.

[68:20]  ¹³ tn Heb “and to the Lord, the Lord, to death, goings out.”

[79:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the glory of your name.” Here and in the following line “name” stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

[79:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “your name.”

[85:4]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “break your displeasure with us.” Some prefer to emend הָפֵר (hafer, “break”) to הָסֵר (haser, “turn aside”).

[3:18]  ¹⁷ tn Or “in.”