Mazmur 17:5

17:5 I carefully obey your commands; ¹ 

I do not deviate from them. ² 

Mazmur 91:8

91:8 Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes –

you will see the wicked paid back. ³ 

Mazmur 119:45

119:45 I will be secure, ⁴ 

for I seek your precepts.

Mazmur 119:154

119:154 Fight for me ⁵  and defend me! ⁶ 

Revive me with your word!

Mazmur 147:4

147:4 He counts the number of the stars;

he names all of them.

[17:5]  ¹ tn Heb “my steps stay firm in your tracks.” The infinitive absolute functions here as a finite verb (see GKC 347 §113.gg). God’s “tracks” are his commands, i.e., the moral pathways he has prescribed for the psalmist.

[17:5]  ² tn Heb “my footsteps do not stagger.”

[91:8]  ³ tn Heb “retribution on the wicked.”

[119:45]  ⁴ tn Heb “and I will walk about in a wide place.” The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive gives a further consequence of the anticipated positive divine response (see vv. 43-44). Another option is to take the cohortative as expressing the psalmist’s request. In this case one could translate, “and please give me security.”

[119:154]  ⁵ tn Or “argue my case.”

[119:154]  ⁶ tn Heb “and redeem me.” The verb “redeem” casts the Lord in the role of a leader who protects members of his extended family in times of need and crisis (see Ps 19:14).