Mazmur 17:9

17:9 Protect me from ¹  the wicked men who attack ²  me,

my enemies who crowd around me for the kill. ³ 

Mazmur 26:7

26:7 to give you thanks, ⁴ 

and to tell about all your amazing deeds. ⁵ 

Mazmur 107:25

107:25 He gave the order for a windstorm, ⁶ 

and it stirred up the waves of the sea. ⁷ 

Mazmur 111:8

111:8 They are forever firm,

and should be faithfully and properly carried out. ⁸ 

Mazmur 119:6

119:6 Then I would not be ashamed,

if ⁹  I were focused on ¹⁰  all your commands.

Mazmur 119:45

119:45 I will be secure, ¹¹ 

for I seek your precepts.

Mazmur 119:60

119:60 I keep your commands

eagerly and without delay. ¹² 

[17:9]  ¹ tn Heb “from before”; or “because.” In the Hebrew text v. 9 is subordinated to v. 8. The words “protect me” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[17:9]  ² tn Heb “destroy.” The psalmist uses the perfect verbal form to emphasize the degree of danger. He describes the wicked as being already in the process of destroying him.

[17:9]  ³ tn Heb “my enemies, at the risk of life they surround me.” The Hebrew phrase בְּנֶפֶשׁ (bÿnefesh) sometimes has the nuance “at the risk of [one’s] life” (see 1 Kgs 2:23; Prov 7:23; Lam 5:9).

[26:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “to cause to be heard the sound of thanksgiving.”

[26:7]  ⁵ tn The two infinitival forms (both with prefixed preposition -לְ, lamed) give the purpose for his appearance at the altar.

[107:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “he spoke and caused to stand a stormy wind.”

[107:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “and it stirred up its [i.e., the sea’s, see v. 23] waves.”

[111:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “done in faithfulness and uprightness.” The passive participle probably has the force of a gerund. See L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 89.

[119:6]  ⁹ tn Or “when.”

[119:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I gaze at.”

[119:45]  ¹¹ 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.”

[119:60]  ¹² tn Heb “I hurry and I do not delay to keep your commands.”