Mazmur 34:22

34:22 The Lord rescues his servants; ¹ 

all who take shelter in him escape punishment. ² 

Mazmur 35:27

35:27 May those who desire my vindication shout for joy and rejoice!

May they continually say, ³  “May the Lord be praised, ⁴  for he wants his servant to be secure.” ⁵ 

Mazmur 69:36

69:36 The descendants of his servants will inherit it,

and those who are loyal to him ⁶  will live in it. ⁷ 

Mazmur 78:70

78:70 He chose David, his servant,

and took him from the sheepfolds.

Mazmur 105:6

105:6 O children ⁸  of Abraham, ⁹  God’s ¹⁰  servant,

you descendants ¹¹  of Jacob, God’s ¹²  chosen ones!

Mazmur 105:25-26

105:25 He caused them ¹³  to hate his people,

and to mistreat ¹⁴  his servants.

105:26 He sent his servant Moses,

and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

Mazmur 105:42

105:42 Yes, ¹⁵  he remembered the sacred promise ¹⁶ 

he made to Abraham his servant.

Mazmur 134:1

Psalm 134 ¹⁷ 

A song of ascents. ¹⁸ 

134:1 Attention! ¹⁹  Praise the Lord,

all you servants of the Lord,

who serve ²⁰  in the Lord’s temple during the night.

Mazmur 135:1

Psalm 135 ²¹ 

135:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise the name of the Lord!

Offer praise, you servants of the Lord,

Mazmur 135:14

135:14 For the Lord vindicates ²²  his people,

and has compassion on his servants. ²³ 

Mazmur 136:22

136:22 as an inheritance to Israel his servant,

for his loyal love endures,

[34:22]  ¹ tn Heb “redeems the life of his servants.” The Hebrew participial form suggests such deliverance is characteristic.

[34:22]  ² tn “Taking shelter” in the Lord is an idiom for seeking his protection. Seeking his protection presupposes and even demonstrates the subject’s loyalty to the Lord. In the psalms those who “take shelter” in the Lord are contrasted with the wicked and equated with those who love, fear, and serve the Lord (Pss 2:12; 5:11-12; 31:19).

[35:27]  ³ tn The prefixed verbal forms in v. 27a are understood as jussives (see vv. 24b-26).

[35:27]  ⁴ tn The prefixed verbal form is taken as a jussive, “may the Lord be magnified [in praise].” Another option is to take the verb as an imperfect, “the Lord is great.”

[35:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “the one who desires the peace of his servant.”

[69:36]  ⁶ tn Heb “the lovers of his name.” The phrase refers to those who are loyal to God (cf. v. 35). See Pss 5:11; 119:132; Isa 56:6.

[69:36]  ⁷ sn Verses 35-36 appear to be an addition to the psalm from the time of the exile. The earlier lament reflects an individual’s situation, while these verses seem to reflect a communal application of it.

[105:6]  ⁸ tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

[105:6]  ⁹ tc Some mss have “Israel,” which appears in the parallel version of this psalm in 1 Chr 16:13.

[105:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[105:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “sons.”

[105:6]  ¹² tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[105:25]  ¹³ tn Heb “their heart.”

[105:25]  ¹⁴ tn Or “to deal deceptively.” The Hitpael of נָכַל (nakhal) occurs only here and in Gen 37:18, where it is used of Joseph’s brothers “plotting” to kill him.

[105:42]  ¹⁵ tn Or “for.”

[105:42]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “his holy word.”

[134:1]  ¹⁷ sn Psalm 134. The psalmist calls on the temple servants to praise God (vv. 1-2). They in turn pronounce a blessing on the psalmist (v. 3).

[134:1]  ¹⁸ sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.

[134:1]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “Look!”

[134:1]  ²⁰ tn Heb “stand.”

[135:1]  ²¹ sn Psalm 135. The psalmist urges God’s people to praise him because he is the incomparable God and ruler of the world who has accomplished great things for Israel.

[135:14]  ²² tn Heb “judges,” but here the idea is that the Lord “judges on behalf of” his people. The imperfect verbal forms here and in the next line draw attention to the Lord’s characteristic actions.

[135:14]  ²³ sn Verse 14 echoes Deut 32:36, where Moses affirms that God mercifully relents from fully judging his wayward people.