Mazmur 40:4

40:4 How blessed ¹  is the one ²  who trusts in the Lord ³ 

and does not seek help from ⁴  the proud or from liars! ⁵ 

Yesaya 42:10

42:10 Sing to the Lord a brand new song!

Praise him ⁶  from the horizon of the earth,

you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it, ⁷ 

you coastlands ⁸  and those who live there!

Yesaya 5:9

5:9 The Lord who commands armies told me this: ⁹ 

“Many houses will certainly become desolate,

large, impressive houses will have no one living in them. ¹⁰ 

[40:4]  ¹ tn The Hebrew noun is an abstract plural. The word often refers metonymically to the happiness that God-given security and prosperity produce (see Pss 1:1, 3; 2:12; 34:9; 41:1; 65:4; 84:12; 89:15; 106:3; 112:1; 127:5; 128:1; 144:15).

[40:4]  ² tn Heb “man.” See the note on the word “one” in Ps 1:1.

[40:4]  ³ tn Heb “who has made the Lord his [object of] trust.”

[40:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “and does not turn toward.”

[40:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “those falling away toward a lie.”

[42:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “his praise.” The phrase stands parallel to “new song” in the previous line.

[42:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “and its fullness”; NASB, NIV “and all that is in it.”

[42:10]  ⁸ tn Or “islands” (NASB, NIV); NLT “distant coastlands.”

[5:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “in my ears, the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].”

[5:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “great and good [houses], without a resident.”