Mazmur 27:8

27:8 My heart tells me to pray to you, ¹ 

and I do pray to you, O Lord. ² 

Mazmur 35:18

35:18 Then I will give you thanks in the great assembly; ³ 

I will praise you before a large crowd of people! ⁴ 

Mazmur 59:17

59:17 You are my source of strength! I will sing praises to you! ⁵ 

For God is my refuge, ⁶  the God who loves me. ⁷ 

[27:8]  ¹ tc Heb “concerning you my heart says, ‘Seek my face.’” The verb form “seek” is plural, but this makes no sense here, for the psalmist is addressed. The verb should be emended to a singular form. The first person pronominal suffix on “face” also makes little sense, unless it is the voice of the Lord he hears. His “heart” is viewed as speaking, however, so it is better to emend the form to פָּנָיו (panayv, “his face”).

[27:8]  ² tn Heb “your face, O Lord, I seek.” To “seek the Lord’s face” means to seek his favor through prayer (see 2 Sam 21:1; Pss 24:6; 105:4).

[35:18]  ³ sn The great assembly is also mentioned in Ps 22:25.

[35:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “among numerous people.”

[59:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “my strength, to you I will sing praises.”

[59:17]  ⁶ tn Or “my elevated place” (see Ps 18:2).

[59:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “the God of my loyal love.”