Mazmur 25:11

25:11 For the sake of your reputation, ¹  O Lord,

forgive my sin, because it is great. ² 

Mazmur 34:14

34:14 Turn away from evil and do what is right! ³ 

Strive for peace and promote it! ⁴ 

Mazmur 38:17

38:17 For I am about to stumble,

and I am in constant pain. ⁵ 

Mazmur 64:2

64:2 Hide me from the plots of evil men,

from the crowd of evildoers. ⁶ 

Mazmur 73:13

73:13 I concluded, ⁷  “Surely in vain I have kept my motives ⁸  pure

and maintained a pure lifestyle. ⁹ 

Mazmur 103:12

103:12 As far as the eastern horizon ¹⁰  is from the west, ¹¹ 

so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions ¹²  from us.

Mazmur 109:15

109:15 May the Lord be constantly aware of them, ¹³ 

and cut off the memory of his children ¹⁴  from the earth!

Mazmur 119:8

119:8 I will keep your statutes.

Do not completely abandon me! ¹⁵ 

Mazmur 119:11

119:11 In my heart I store up ¹⁶  your words, ¹⁷ 

so I might not sin against you.

Mazmur 119:61

119:61 The ropes of the wicked tighten around ¹⁸  me,

but I do not forget your law.

Mazmur 130:3

130:3 If you, O Lord, were to keep track of ¹⁹  sins,

O Lord, who could stand before you? ²⁰ 

[25:11]  ¹ tn Heb “name.” By forgiving the sinful psalmist, the Lord’s reputation as a merciful God will be enhanced.

[25:11]  ² sn Forgive my sin, because it is great. The psalmist readily admits his desperate need for forgiveness.

[34:14]  ³ tn Or “do good.”

[34:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “seek peace and pursue it.”

[38:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “and my pain [is] before me continually.”

[64:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “workers of wickedness.”

[73:13]  ⁷ tn The words “I concluded” are supplied in the translation. It is apparent that vv. 13-14 reflect the psalmist’s thoughts at an earlier time (see vv. 2-3), prior to the spiritual awakening he describes in vv. 17-28.

[73:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “heart,” viewed here as the seat of one’s thoughts and motives.

[73:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “and washed my hands in innocence.” The psalmist uses an image from cultic ritual to picture his moral lifestyle. The reference to “hands” suggests actions.

[103:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “sunrise.”

[103:12]  ¹¹ tn Or “sunset.”

[103:12]  ¹² tn The Hebrew term פֶּשַׁע (pesha’, rebellious act”) is here used metonymically for the guilt such actions produce.

[109:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “may they [that is, the sins mentioned in v. 14] be before the Lord continually.”

[109:15]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “their memory.” The plural pronominal suffix probably refers back to the children mentioned in v. 13, and for clarity this has been specified in the translation.

[119:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “do not abandon me to excess.” For other uses of the phrase עַד מְאֹד (’ad mÿ’od, “to excess”), see Ps 38:6, 8.

[119:11]  ¹⁶ tn Or “hide.”

[119:11]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “your word.” Some medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural, “your words.”

[119:61]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “surround.”

[130:3]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “observe.”

[130:3]  ²⁰ tn The words “before you” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The psalmist must be referring to standing before God’s judgment seat. The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No one.”