Kejadian 16:5

16:5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “You have brought this wrong on me! ¹  I allowed my servant to have sexual relations with you, ²  but when she realized ³  that she was pregnant, she despised me. ⁴  May the Lord judge between you and me!” ⁵ 

Rut 2:12

2:12 May the Lord reward your efforts! ⁶  May your acts of kindness be repaid fully ⁷  by the Lord God of Israel, from whom you have sought protection!” ⁸ 

Mazmur 62:1

Psalm 62 ⁹ 

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David.

62:1 For God alone I patiently wait; ¹⁰ 

he is the one who delivers me. ¹¹ 

[16:5]  ¹ tn Heb “my wrong is because of you.”

[16:5]  ² tn Heb “I placed my female servant in your bosom.”

[16:5]  ³ tn Heb “saw.”

[16:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “I was despised in her eyes.” The passive verb has been translated as active for stylistic reasons. Sarai was made to feel supplanted and worthless by Hagar the servant girl.

[16:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “me and you.”

[16:5]  sn May the Lord judge between you and me. Sarai blamed Abram for Hagar’s attitude, not the pregnancy. Here she expects to be vindicated by the Lord who will prove Abram responsible. A colloquial rendering might be, “God will get you for this.” It may mean that she thought Abram had encouraged the servant girl in her elevated status.

[2:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “repay your work”; KJV, ASV “recompense thy work.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive of prayer (note the jussive form in the next clause).

[2:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “may your wages be complete”; NCV “May your wages be paid in full.” The prefixed verbal form is a distinct jussive form, indicating that this is a prayer for blessing.

[2:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “under whose wings you have sought shelter”; NIV, NLT “have come to take refuge.”

[62:1]  ⁹ sn Psalm 62. The psalmist expresses his unwavering confidence in God’s justice and in his ability to protect his people.

[62:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “only for God [is] there silence [to] my soul.”

[62:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “from him [is] my deliverance.”