Mazmur 85:10

85:10 Loyal love and faithfulness meet; ¹ 

deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss. ² 

Mazmur 89:1-2

Psalm 89 ³ 

A well-written song ⁴  by Ethan the Ezrachite.

89:1 I will sing continually ⁵  about the Lord’s faithful deeds;

to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness. ⁶ 

89:2 For I say, “Loyal love is permanently established; ⁷ 

in the skies you set up your faithfulness.” ⁸ 

Mazmur 98:3

98:3 He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel. ⁹ 

All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us. ¹⁰ 

[85:10]  ¹ tn The psalmist probably uses the perfect verbal forms in v. 10 in a dramatic or rhetorical manner, describing what he anticipates as if it were already occurring or had already occurred.

[85:10]  ² sn Deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss. The psalmist personifies these abstract qualities to emphasize that God’s loyal love and faithfulness will yield deliverance and peace for his people.

[89:1]  ³ sn Psalm 89. The psalmist praises God as the sovereign creator of the world. He recalls God’s covenant with David, but then laments that the promises of the covenant remain unrealized. The covenant promised the Davidic king military victories, but the king has now been subjected to humiliating defeat.

[89:1]  ⁴ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term מַשְׂכִּיל (maskil) is uncertain. See the note on the phrase “well-written song” in the superscription of Ps 88.

[89:1]  ⁵ tn Or “forever.”

[89:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “to a generation and a generation I will make known your faithfulness with my mouth.”

[89:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “built.”

[89:2]  ⁸ sn You set up your faithfulness. This may allude to the Lord’s heavenly throne, which symbolizes his just rule and from which the Lord decrees his unconditional promises (see vv. 8, 14).

[98:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “he remembers his loyal love and his faithfulness to the house of Israel.”

[98:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the deliverance of our God,” with “God” being a subjective genitive (= God delivers).