Mazmur 21:6

21:6 For you grant him lasting blessings;

you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence. ¹ 

Mazmur 25:10

25:10 The Lord always proves faithful and reliable ² 

to those who follow the demands of his covenant. ³ 

Mazmur 63:6

63:6 whenever ⁴  I remember you on my bed,

and think about you during the nighttime hours.

Mazmur 89:35

89:35 Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness,

I will never deceive ⁵  David.

Mazmur 119:176

119:176 I have wandered off like a lost sheep. ⁶ 

Come looking for your servant,

for I do not forget your commands.

[21:6]  ¹ tn Heb “you make him happy with joy with [i.e., “close by” or “in”] your face.” On the idiom “with your face” (i.e., “in your presence”) see Ps 16:11 and BDB 816 s.v. פָּנֻה II.2.a.

[25:10]  ² tn Heb “all the paths of the Lord are faithful and trustworthy.” The Lord’s “paths” refer here to his characteristic actions.

[25:10]  ³ tn Heb “to the ones who keep his covenant and his testimonies.”

[63:6]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew term אִם (’im) is used here in the sense of “when; whenever,” as in Ps 78:34.

[89:35]  ⁵ tn Or “lie to.”

[119:176]  ⁶ tn Heb “I stray like a lost sheep.” It is possible that the point of the metaphor is vulnerability: The psalmist, who is threatened by his enemies, feels as vulnerable as a straying, lost sheep. This would not suggest, however, that he has wandered from God’s path (see the second half of the verse, as well as v. 110).