Mazmur 5:12

5:12 Certainly ¹  you reward ²  the godly, ³  Lord.

Like a shield you protect ⁴  them ⁵  in your good favor. ⁶ 

Mazmur 56:7

56:7 Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! ⁷ 

In your anger ⁸  bring down the nations, ⁹  O God!

Mazmur 74:7

74:7 They set your sanctuary on fire;

they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground. ¹⁰ 

Mazmur 90:15

90:15 Make us happy in proportion to the days you have afflicted us,

in proportion to the years we have experienced ¹¹  trouble!

Mazmur 119:149

119:149 Listen to me ¹²  because of ¹³  your loyal love!

O Lord, revive me, as you typically do! ¹⁴ 

[5:12]  ¹ tn Or “For.”

[5:12]  ² tn Or “bless.” The imperfect verbal forms here and in the next line highlight how God characteristically rewards and protects the godly.

[5:12]  ³ tn Or “innocent.” The singular form is used here in a collective or representative sense.

[5:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “surround.” In 1 Sam 23:26 the verb describes how Saul and his men hemmed David in as they chased him.

[5:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “him.” The singular form is used here in a collective or representative sense and is thus translated “them.”

[5:12]  ⁶ tn Or “with favor” (cf. NRSV). There is no preposition before the noun in the Hebrew text, nor is there a pronoun attached. “Favor” here stands by metonymy for God’s defensive actions on behalf of the one whom he finds acceptable.

[56:7]  ⁷ tc Heb “because of wickedness, deliverance to them.” As it stands, the MT makes no sense. The negative particle אַיִן (’ayin, “there is not,” which is due to dittography of the immediately preceding אָוֶן, ’aven, “wickedness”), should probably be added before “deliverance” (see BHS, note a). The presence of an imperative in the next line (note “bring down”) suggests that this line should be translated as a prayer as well, “may there not be deliverance to them.”

[56:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “in anger.” The pronoun “your” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[56:7]  ⁹ tn Or perhaps “people” in a general sense.

[74:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to the ground they desecrate the dwelling place of your name.”

[90:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “have seen.”

[119:149]  ¹² tn Heb “my voice.”

[119:149]  ¹³ tn Heb “according to.”

[119:149]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “according to your custom.”