Mazmur 69:29

69:29 I am oppressed and suffering!

O God, deliver and protect me! ¹ 

Mazmur 87:6

87:6 The Lord writes in the census book of the nations, ² 

“This one was born there.” ³  (Selah)

Yehezkiel 13:9

13:9 My hand will be against the prophets who see delusion and announce lying omens. They will not be included in the council ⁴  of my people, nor be written in the registry ⁵  of the house of Israel, nor enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord.

Daniel 12:1

12:1 “At that time Michael,

the great prince who watches over your people, ⁶ 

will arise. ⁷ 

There will be a time of distress

unlike any other from the nation’s beginning ⁸ 

up to that time.

But at that time your own people,

all those whose names are ⁹  found written in the book,

will escape.

[69:29]  ¹ tn Heb “your deliverance, O God, may it protect me.”

[87:6]  ² tn Heb “the Lord records in the writing of the nations.”

[87:6]  ³ tn As noted in v. 4, the translation assumes a contrast between “there” (the various foreign lands) and “in her” (Zion). In contrast to foreigners, the citizens of Zion have special status because of their birthplace (v. 5). In this case vv. 4 and 6 form a structural frame around v. 5.

[13:9]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew term may refer to the secret council of the Lord (Jer 23:18; Job 15:8), but here it more likely refers to a human council comprised of civic leaders (Gen 49:6; Jer 6:11; 15:17 Ps 64:3; 111:1).

[13:9]  ⁵ tn The reference here is probably to a civil list (as in Ezra 2:16; Neh 7:64) rather than to a “book of life” (Exod 32:32; Isa 4:3; Ps 69:29; Dan 12:1). This registry may have been established at the making of David’s census (2 Sam 24:2, 9).

[12:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “stands over the sons of your people.”

[12:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “will stand up.”

[12:1]  ⁸ tn Or “from the beginning of a nation.”

[12:1]  ⁹ tn The words “whose names are” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.