Mazmur 31:16

31:16 Smile ¹  on your servant!

Deliver me because of your faithfulness!

Mazmur 44:3

44:3 For they did not conquer ²  the land by their swords,

and they did not prevail by their strength, ³ 

but rather by your power, ⁴  strength ⁵  and good favor, ⁶ 

for you were partial to ⁷  them.

Mazmur 67:1

Psalm 67 ⁸ 

For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm, a song.

67:1 May God show us his favor ⁹  and bless us! ¹⁰ 

May he smile on us! ¹¹  (Selah)

Mazmur 80:3

80:3 O God, restore us!

Smile on us! ¹²  Then we will be delivered! ¹³ 

Mazmur 80:7

80:7 O God, invincible warrior, ¹⁴  restore us!

Smile on us! ¹⁵  Then we will be delivered! ¹⁶ 

Mazmur 80:19

80:19 O Lord God, invincible warrior, ¹⁷  restore us!

Smile on us! ¹⁸  Then we will be delivered! ¹⁹ 

Mazmur 89:15

89:15 How blessed are the people who worship you! ²⁰ 

O Lord, they experience your favor. ²¹ 

[31:16]  ¹ tn Heb “cause your face to shine.”

[44:3]  ² tn Or “take possession of.”

[44:3]  ³ tn Heb “and their arm did not save them.” The “arm” here symbolizes military strength.

[44:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “your right hand.” The Lord’s “right hand” here symbolizes his power to protect and deliver (see Pss 17:7; 20:6; 21:8).

[44:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “your arm.”

[44:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “light of your face.” The idiom “light of your face” probably refers to a smile (see Eccl 8:1), which in turn suggests favor and blessing (see Num 6:25; Pss 4:6; 31:16; 67:1; 80:3, 7, 19; 89:15; Dan 9:17).

[44:3]  ⁷ tn Or “favorable toward.”

[67:1]  ⁸ sn Psalm 67. The psalmist prays for God’s blessing upon his people and urges the nations to praise him for he is the just ruler of the world.

[67:1]  ⁹ tn Or “have mercy on us.”

[67:1]  ¹⁰ tn The prefixed verbal forms are understood as jussives expressing the psalmist’s prayer. Note the jussive form יָאֵר (ya’er) in the next line.

[67:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “may he cause his face to shine with us.”

[80:3]  ¹² tn The idiom “cause your face to shine” probably refers to a smile (see Eccl 8:1), which in turn suggests favor and blessing (see Num 6:25; Pss 4:6; 31:16; 44:3; 67:1; 89:15; Dan 9:17).

[80:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “cause your face to shine in order that we may be delivered.” After the imperative, the cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose/result.

[80:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “O God, hosts.” One expects the construct form אֱלֹהֵי before צְבָאוֹת (tsÿva’ot, “hosts”; see Ps 89:9), but יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים (yehvah ’elohim) precedes צְבָאוֹת (tsÿva’ot) in Pss 59:5 and 84:8 as well. See also v. 4 for a similar construction.

[80:7]  ¹⁵ tn The idiom “cause your face to shine” probably refers to a smile (see Eccl 8:1), which in turn suggests favor and blessing (see Num 6:25; Pss 4:6; 31:16; 44:3; 67:1; 89:15; Dan 9:17).

[80:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “cause your face to shine in order that we may be delivered.” After the imperative, the cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose/result.

[80:19]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “O Lord, God, hosts.” One expects the construct form אֱלֹהֵי before צְבָאוֹת (tsÿva’ot, “hosts”; see Ps 89:9), but יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים (yehvah ’elohim) precedes צְבָאוֹת (tsÿva’ot) in Pss 59:5 and 84:8 as well. See also vv. 4, 7, 14 for a similar construction.

[80:19]  ¹⁸ tn The idiom “cause your face to shine” probably refers to a smile (see Eccl 8:1), which in turn suggests favor and blessing (see Num 6:25; Pss 4:6; 31:16; 44:3; 67:1; 89:15; Dan 9:17).

[80:19]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “cause your face to shine in order that we may be delivered.” After the imperative, the cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose/result.

[89:15]  ²⁰ tn Heb “who know the shout.” “Shout” here refers to the shouts of the Lord’s worshipers (see Pss 27:6; 33:3; 47:5).

[89:15]  ²¹ tn Heb “in the light of your face they walk.” The idiom “light of your face” probably refers to a smile (see Eccl 8:1), which in turn suggests favor and blessing (see Num 6:25; Pss 4:6; 31:16; 44:3; 67:1; 80:3, 7, 19; Dan 9:17).