Mazmur 18:50
Konteks18:50 He 1 gives his chosen king magnificent victories; 2
he is faithful 3 to his chosen ruler, 4
to David and his descendants 5 forever.” 6
Mazmur 35:27
Konteks35:27 May those who desire my vindication shout for joy and rejoice!
May they continually say, 7 “May the Lord be praised, 8 for he wants his servant to be secure.” 9
Mazmur 66:3
Konteks66:3 Say to God:
“How awesome are your deeds!
Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear 10 before you.
[18:50] 1 tn Or “the one who.”
[18:50] 2 tn Heb “magnifies the victories of his king.” “His king” refers to the psalmist, the Davidic king whom God has chosen to rule Israel.
[18:50] 3 tn Heb “[the one who] does loyalty.”
[18:50] 4 tn Heb “his anointed [one],” i.e., the psalmist/Davidic king. See Ps 2:2.
[18:50] 5 tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”
[18:50] 6 sn If David is the author of the psalm (see the superscription), then he here anticipates that God will continue to demonstrate loyalty to his descendants who succeed him. If the author is a later Davidic king, then he views the divine favor he has experienced as the outworking of God’s faithful promises to David his ancestor.
[35:27] 7 tn The prefixed verbal forms in v. 27a are understood as jussives (see vv. 24b-26).
[35:27] 8 tn The prefixed verbal form is taken as a jussive, “may the
[35:27] 9 tn Heb “the one who desires the peace of his servant.”
[66:3] 10 tn See Deut 33:29; Ps 81:15 for other uses of the verb כָּחַשׁ (kakhash) in the sense “cower in fear.” In Ps 18:44 the verb seems to carry the nuance “be weak, powerless” (see also Ps 109:24).
