Mazmur 16:2

16:2 I say to the Lord, “You are the Lord,

my only source of well-being.” ¹ 

Mazmur 30:8

30:8 To you, O Lord, I cried out;

I begged the Lord for mercy: ² 

Mazmur 35:17

35:17 O Lord, how long are you going to just stand there and watch this? ³ 

Rescue ⁴  me ⁵  from their destructive attacks;

guard my life ⁶  from the young lions!

Mazmur 35:22

35:22 But you take notice, ⁷  Lord!

O Lord, do not remain far away from me!

Mazmur 37:13

37:13 The Lord laughs in disgust ⁸  at them,

for he knows that their day is coming. ⁹ 

Mazmur 39:7

39:7 But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying?

You are my only hope! ¹⁰ 

Mazmur 51:15

51:15 O Lord, give me the words! ¹¹ 

Then my mouth will praise you. ¹² 

Mazmur 54:4

54:4 Look, God is my deliverer! ¹³ 

The Lord is among those who support me. ¹⁴ 

Mazmur 57:9

57:9 I will give you thanks before the nations, O Master!

I will sing praises to you before foreigners! ¹⁵ 

Mazmur 66:18

66:18 If I had harbored sin in my heart, ¹⁶ 

the Lord would not have listened.

Mazmur 68:11

68:11 The Lord speaks; ¹⁷ 

many, many women spread the good news. ¹⁸ 

Mazmur 68:22

68:22 The Lord says,

“I will retrieve them ¹⁹  from Bashan,

I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

Mazmur 68:32

68:32 O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God!

Sing praises to the Lord, (Selah)

Mazmur 71:5

71:5 For you give me confidence, ²⁰  O Lord;

O Lord, I have trusted in you since I was young. ²¹ 

Mazmur 71:16

71:16 I will come and tell about ²²  the mighty acts of the sovereign Lord.

I will proclaim your justice – yours alone.

Mazmur 77:7

77:7 I asked, ²³  “Will the Lord reject me forever?

Will he never again show me his favor?

Mazmur 86:3-4

86:3 Have mercy on me, ²⁴  O Lord,

for I cry out to you all day long!

86:4 Make your servant ²⁵  glad,

for to you, O Lord, I pray! ²⁶ 

Mazmur 86:12

86:12 O Lord, my God, I will give you thanks with my whole heart!

I will honor your name continually! ²⁷ 

Mazmur 89:49

89:49 Where are your earlier faithful deeds, ²⁸  O Lord, ²⁹ 

the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David? ³⁰ 

Mazmur 110:5

110:5 O sovereign Lord, ³¹  at your right hand

he strikes down ³²  kings in the day he unleashes his anger. ³³ 

Mazmur 130:2-3

130:2 O Lord, listen to me! ³⁴ 

Pay attention to ³⁵  my plea for mercy!

130:3 If you, O Lord, were to keep track of ³⁶  sins,

O Lord, who could stand before you? ³⁷ 

[16:2]  ¹ tn Heb “my good [is] not beyond you.” For the use of the preposition עַל (’al) in the sense of “beyond,” see BDB 755 s.v. 2.

[30:8]  ² tn The prefixed verbal forms in v. 8 are probably preterites; the psalmist recalls that he prayed in his time of crisis.

[35:17]  ³ tn Heb “O Lord, how long will you see?”

[35:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “bring back, restore.”

[35:17]  ⁵ tn Or “my life.”

[35:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “my only one.” The psalmist may mean that his life is precious, or that he feels isolated and alone (see Ps 22:20). The verb “guard” is supplied in the translation, because the verb “rescue” is understood by ellipsis (see the previous line).

[35:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “you see, O Lord.” There is a deliberate play on words. In v. 21 the enemies say, “our eye sees,” but the psalmist is confident that the Lord “sees” as well, so he appeals to him for help (see also v. 17).

[37:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “laughs.” As the next line indicates, this refers to derisive laughter (see 2:4). The Hebrew imperfect verbal form describes the action from the perspective of an eye-witness who is watching the divine response as it unfolds before his eyes.

[37:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “for he sees that his day is coming.” As the following context makes clear (vv. 15, 17, 19-20), “his day” refers to the time when God will destroy evildoers.

[39:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “my hope, for you it [is].”

[51:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “open my lips.” The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.

[51:15]  ¹² tn Heb “and my mouth will declare your praise.”

[54:4]  ¹³ tn Or “my helper.”

[54:4]  ¹⁴ tn Or “sustain my life.”

[57:9]  ¹⁵ tn Or “the peoples.”

[66:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “sin if I had seen in my heart.”

[68:11]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “gives a word.” Perhaps this refers to a divine royal decree or battle cry.

[68:11]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the ones spreading the good news [are] a large army.” The participle translated “the ones spreading the good news” is a feminine plural form. Apparently the good news here is the announcement that enemy kings have been defeated (see v. 12).

[68:22]  ¹⁹ tn That is, the enemies mentioned in v. 21. Even if they retreat to distant regions, God will retrieve them and make them taste his judgment.

[71:5]  ²⁰ tn Heb “for you [are] my hope.”

[71:5]  ²¹ tn Heb “O Lord, my source of confidence from my youth.”

[71:16]  ²² tn Heb “I will come with.”

[77:7]  ²³ tn As in vv. 4 and 6a, the words of vv. 7-9 are understood as a quotation of what the psalmist said earlier. Therefore the words “I asked” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[86:3]  ²⁴ tn Or “show me favor.”

[86:4]  ²⁵ tn Heb “the soul of your servant.”

[86:4]  ²⁶ tn Heb “I lift up my soul.”

[86:12]  ²⁷ tn Or “forever.”

[89:49]  ²⁸ sn The Lord’s faithful deeds are also mentioned in Pss 17:7 and 25:6.

[89:49]  ²⁹ tc Many medieval Hebrew mss read here יְהוָה (yehvah, “the Lord”).

[89:49]  ³⁰ tn Heb “[which] you swore on oath to David by your faithfulness.”

[110:5]  ³¹ tn As pointed in the Hebrew text, this title refers to God (many medieval Hebrew mss read יְהוָה, yehveh, “Lord” here). The present translation assumes that the psalmist here addresses the Lord as he celebrates what the king is able to accomplish while positioned at God’s “right hand.” According to this view the king is the subject of the third person verb forms in vv. 5b-7. (2) Another option is to understand the king as the addressee (as in vv. 2-3). In this case “the Lord” is the subject of the third person verbs throughout vv. 5-7 and is depicted as a warrior in a very anthropomorphic manner. In this case the Lord is pictured as being at the psalmist’s right hand (just the opposite of v. 1). See Pss 16:8; 121:5. (3) A third option is to revocalize אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “Lord”) as אֲדֹנִי (’adoniy, “my lord”; see v. 1). In this case one may translate, “My lord, at his [God’s] right hand, strikes down.” In this case the king is the subject of the third person verbs in vv. 5b-7.

[110:5]  ³² tn The perfect verbal forms in vv. 5-6 are understood here as descriptive-dramatic or as generalizing. Another option is to take them as rhetorical. In this case the psalmist describes anticipated events as if they had already taken place.

[110:5]  ³³ tn Heb “in the day of his anger.”

[130:2]  ³⁴ tn Heb “my voice.”

[130:2]  ³⁵ tn Heb “may your ears be attentive to the voice of.”

[130:3]  ³⁶ tn Heb “observe.”

[130:3]  ³⁷ tn The words “before you” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The psalmist must be referring to standing before God’s judgment seat. The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No one.”