Mazmur 35:26
Konteks35:26 May those who want to harm me be totally embarrassed and ashamed! 1
May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation! 2
Mazmur 46:1
KonteksFor the music director; by the Korahites; according to the alamoth style; 4 a song.
46:1 God is our strong refuge; 5
he is truly our helper in times of trouble. 6
Mazmur 70:4
Konteks70:4 May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you!
May those who love to experience 7 your deliverance say continually, 8
[35:26] 1 tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed together, the ones who rejoice over my harm.”
[35:26] 2 tn Heb “may they be clothed with shame and humiliation, the ones who magnify [themselves] against me.” The prefixed verbal forms in v. 26 are understood as jussives (see vv. 24b-25, where the negative particle אַל (’al) appears before the prefixed verbal forms, indicating they are jussives). The psalmist is calling down judgment on his enemies.
[46:1] 3 sn Psalm 46. In this so-called “Song Of Zion” God’s people confidently affirm that they are secure because the great warrior-king dwells within Jerusalem and protects it from the nations that cause such chaos in the earth. A refrain (vv. 7, 11) concludes the song’s two major sections.
[46:1] 4 sn The meaning of the Hebrew term עֲלָמוֹת (alamoth, which means “young women”) is uncertain; perhaps it refers to a particular style of music. Cf. 1 Chr 15:20.
[46:1] 5 tn Heb “our refuge and strength,” which is probably a hendiadys meaning “our strong refuge” (see Ps 71:7). Another option is to translate, “our refuge and source of strength.”
[46:1] 6 tn Heb “a helper in times of trouble he is found [to be] greatly.” The perfect verbal form has a generalizing function here. The adverb מְאֹד (mÿ’od, “greatly”) has an emphasizing function.
[70:4] 7 tn Heb “those who love,” which stands metonymically for its cause, the experience of being delivered by God.
[70:4] 8 tn The three prefixed verbal forms prior to the quotation are understood as jussives. The psalmist balances out his imprecation against his enemies with a prayer of blessing on the godly.
[70:4] 9 tn Ps 40:16 uses the divine name “
[70:4] 10 tn The prefixed verbal form is taken as a jussive, “may the