Mazmur 33:20

33:20 We ¹  wait for the Lord;

he is our deliverer ²  and shield. ³ 

Mazmur 39:7

39:7 But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying?

You are my only hope! ⁴ 

Mazmur 42:5

42:5 Why are you depressed, ⁵  O my soul? ⁶ 

Why are you upset? ⁷ 

Wait for God!

For I will again give thanks

to my God for his saving intervention. ⁸ 

Mazmur 71:5

71:5 For you give me confidence, ⁹  O Lord;

O Lord, I have trusted in you since I was young. ¹⁰ 

Mazmur 130:7

130:7 O Israel, hope in the Lord,

for the Lord exhibits loyal love, ¹¹ 

and is more than willing to deliver. ¹² 

Mazmur 131:3

131:3 O Israel, hope in the Lord

now and forevermore!

[33:20]  ¹ tn Or “our lives.” The suffixed form of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being, life”) is often equivalent to a pronoun in poetic texts.

[33:20]  ² tn Or “[source of] help.”

[33:20]  ³ tn Or “protector.”

[39:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “my hope, for you it [is].”

[42:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “Why do you bow down?”

[42:5]  ⁶ sn For poetic effect the psalmist addresses his soul, or inner self.

[42:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “and [why] are you in turmoil upon me?” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive here carries on the descriptive present nuance of the preceding imperfect. See GKC 329 §111.t.

[42:5]  ⁸ tc Heb “for again I will give him thanks, the saving acts of his face.” The verse division in the Hebrew text is incorrect. אֱלֹהַי (’elohay, “my God”) at the beginning of v. 7 belongs with the end of v. 6 (see the corresponding refrains in 42:11 and 43:5, both of which end with “my God” after “saving acts of my face”). The Hebrew term פָּנָיו (panayv, “his face”) should be emended to פְּנֵי (pÿney, “face of”). The emended text reads, “[for] the saving acts of the face of my God,” that is, the saving acts associated with God’s presence/intervention.

[71:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “for you [are] my hope.”

[71:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “O Lord, my source of confidence from my youth.”

[130:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for with the Lord [is] loyal love.”

[130:7]  ¹² tn Heb “and abundantly with him [is] redemption.”