Mazmur 37:27

37:27 Turn away from evil! Do what is right! ¹ 

Then you will enjoy lasting security. ² 

Mazmur 112:7

112:7 He does not fear bad news.

He ³  is confident; he trusts ⁴  in the Lord.

Mazmur 119:54

119:54 Your statutes have been my songs ⁵ 

in the house where I live. ⁶ 

Mazmur 119:160

119:160 Your instructions are totally reliable;

all your just regulations endure. ⁷ 

[37:27]  ¹ tn Or “Do good!” The imperatives are singular (see v. 1).

[37:27]  ² tn Heb “and dwell permanently.” The imperative with vav (ו) is best taken here as a result clause after the preceding imperatives.

[112:7]  ³ tn Heb “his heart,” viewed here as the seat of the volition and emotions (see Ps 108:1).

[112:7]  ⁴ tn The passive participle בָּטֻחַ [בָּטוּחַ] (batuakh [batuakh]) expresses a state that results from the subject’s action. See Isa 26:3.

[119:54]  ⁵ tn Heb “songs were your statutes to me.”

[119:54]  ⁶ tn Heb “in the house of my dwelling place.” Some take the Hebrew noun מָגוֹר (magor) in the sense of “temporary abode,” and see this as a reference to the psalmist’s status as a resident alien (see v. 19). But the noun can refer to a dwelling place in general (see Ps 55:15).

[119:160]  ⁷ tn Heb “the head of your word is truth, and forever [is] all your just regulation.” The term “head” is used here of the “sum total” of God’s instructions.