Mazmur 20:4

20:4 May he grant your heart’s desire; ¹ 

may he bring all your plans to pass! ² 

Mazmur 78:25

78:25 Man ate the food of the mighty ones. ³ 

He sent them more than enough to eat. ⁴ 

Mazmur 105:17

105:17 He sent a man ahead of them ⁵  –

Joseph was sold as a servant.

Mazmur 106:41

106:41 He handed them over to ⁶  the nations,

and those who hated them ruled over them.

Mazmur 107:13

107:13 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;

he delivered them from their troubles.

Mazmur 148:6

148:6 He established them so they would endure; ⁷ 

he issued a decree that will not be revoked. ⁸ 

[20:4]  ¹ tn Heb “may he give to you according to your heart.” This probably refers to the king’s prayer for protection and victory in battle. See vv. 5-6.

[20:4]  ² sn May he bring all your plans to pass. This probably refers to the king’s strategy for battle.

[78:25]  ³ sn Because of the reference to “heaven” in the preceding verse, it is likely that mighty ones refers here to the angels of heaven. The LXX translates “angels” here, as do a number of modern translations (NEB, NIV, NRSV).

[78:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “provision he sent to them to satisfaction.”

[105:17]  ⁵ tn After the reference to the famine in v. 16, v. 17 flashes back to events that preceded the famine (see Gen 37).

[106:41]  ⁶ tn Heb “gave them into the hand of.”

[148:6]  ⁷ tn Or “forever and ever.”

[148:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “and it will not pass away.”