Mazmur 33:19

33:19 by saving their lives from death ¹ 

and sustaining them during times of famine. ² 

Mazmur 119:115

119:115 Turn away from me, you evil men,

so that I can observe ³  the commands of my God. ⁴ 

Mazmur 149:7-8

149:7 in order to take ⁵  revenge on the nations,

and punish foreigners.

149:8 They bind ⁶  their kings in chains,

and their nobles in iron shackles,

[33:19]  ¹ tn Heb “to save from death their live[s].”

[33:19]  ² tn Heb “and to keep them alive in famine.”

[119:115]  ³ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:115]  ⁴ tn The psalmist has already declared that he observes God’s commands despite persecution, so here the idea must be “so that I might observe the commands of my God unhindered by threats.”

[149:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “to do.”

[149:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “to bind.”