Mazmur 27:13

27:13 Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience

the Lord’s favor in the land of the living? ¹ 

Mazmur 52:5

52:5 Yet ²  God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. ³ 

He will scoop you up ⁴  and remove you from your home; ⁵ 

he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

Mazmur 116:9

116:9 I will serve ⁶  the Lord

in the land ⁷  of the living.

Mazmur 142:5

142:5 I cry out to you, O Lord;

I say, “You are my shelter,

my security ⁸  in the land of the living.”

[27:13]  ¹ tn In the Hebrew text the sentence is incomplete: “If I had not believed [I would] see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” The words “Where would I be” are supplied in the translation to clarify the intent of the statement.

[52:5]  ² tn The adverb גַּם (gam, “also; even”) is translated here in an adversative sense (“yet”). It highlights the contrastive correspondence between the evildoer’s behavior and God’s response.

[52:5]  ³ tn Heb “will tear you down forever.”

[52:5]  ⁴ tn This rare verb (חָתָה, khatah) occurs only here and in Prov 6:27; 25:22; Isa 30:14.

[52:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “from [your] tent.”

[116:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “walk before” (see Ps 56:13). On the meaning of the Hebrew idiom, see the notes at 2 Kgs 20:3/Isa 38:3.

[116:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “lands, regions.”

[142:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “my portion.” The psalmist compares the Lord to landed property, which was foundational to economic stability in ancient Israel.