Mazmur 10:6

10:6 He says to himself, ¹ 

“I will never ²  be upended,

because I experience no calamity.” ³ 

Mazmur 49:11

49:11 Their grave becomes their permanent residence,

their eternal dwelling place. ⁴ 

They name their lands after themselves, ⁵ 

Mazmur 79:13

79:13 Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture,

will continually thank you. ⁶ 

We will tell coming generations of your praiseworthy acts. ⁷ 

Mazmur 89:1

Psalm 89 ⁸ 

A well-written song ⁹  by Ethan the Ezrachite.

89:1 I will sing continually ¹⁰  about the Lord’s faithful deeds;

to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness. ¹¹ 

Mazmur 89:4

89:4 ‘I will give you an eternal dynasty ¹² 

and establish your throne throughout future generations.’” ¹³  (Selah)

Mazmur 146:10

146:10 The Lord rules forever,

your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come! ¹⁴ 

Praise the Lord!

[10:6]  ¹ tn Heb “he says in his heart/mind.”

[10:6]  ² tn Heb “for a generation and a generation.” The traditional accentuation of the MT understands these words with the following line.

[10:6]  ³ tn Heb “who, not in calamity.” If אֲשֶׁר (’asher) is taken as a relative pronoun here, then one could translate, “[I] who [am] not in calamity.” Some emend אֲשֶׁר to אֹשֶׁר (’osher, “happiness”; see HALOT 99 s.v. אֹשֶׁר); one might then translate, “[I live in] happiness, not in calamity.” The present translation assumes that אֲשֶׁר functions here as a causal conjunction, “because, for.” For this use of אֲשֶׁר, see BDB 83 s.v. אֲשֶׁר 8.c (where the present text is not cited).

[49:11]  ⁴ tc Heb “their inward part [is] their houses [are] permanent, their dwelling places for a generation and a generation.” If one follows the MT, then קֶרֶב (qerev, “inward part”) must refer to the seat of these people’s thoughts (for other examples of this use of the term, see BDB 899 s.v., though BDB prefers an emendation in this passage). In this case all three lines of v. 11 expose these people’s arrogant assumption that they will last forever, which then stands in sharp contrast to reality as summarized in v. 12. In this case one might translate the first two lines, “they think that their houses are permanent and that their dwelling places will last forever” (cf. NASB). Following the lead of several ancient versions, the present translation assumes an emendation of קִרְבָּם (qirbam, “their inward part”) to קְבָרִים (qÿvarim, “graves”). This assumes that the letters bet (ב) and resh (ר) were accidentally transposed in the MT. In this case the first two lines support the point made in v. 10, while the third line of v. 11 stands in contrast to v. 12. The phrase בֵּית עוֹלָם (bet ’olam, “permanent house”) is used of a tomb in Eccl 12:5 (as well as in Phoenician tomb inscriptions, see DNWSI 1:160 for a list of texts) and מִשְׁכָּן (mishkan, “dwelling place”) refers to a tomb in Isa 22:16. Cf. NEB, NIV, NRSV.

[49:11]  ⁵ sn Naming their lands after themselves is a claim of possession.

[79:13]  ⁶ tn Or (hyperbolically) “will thank you forever.”

[79:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “to a generation and a generation we will report your praise.” Here “praise” stands by metonymy for the mighty acts that prompt worship. Cf. Ps 9:14.

[89:1]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ tn Or “forever.”

[89:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to a generation and a generation I will make known your faithfulness with my mouth.”

[89:4]  ¹² tn Heb “forever I will establish your offspring.”

[89:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “and I will build to a generation and a generation your throne.”

[146:10]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “for a generation and a generation.”