Mazmur 25:13

25:13 They experience his favor; ¹ 

their descendants ²  inherit the land. ³ 

Mazmur 74:6

74:6 And now ⁴  they are tearing down ⁵  all its engravings ⁶ 

with axes ⁷  and crowbars. ⁸ 

Mazmur 94:2

94:2 Rise up, O judge of the earth!

Pay back the proud!

Mazmur 109:9

109:9 May his children ⁹  be fatherless,

and his wife a widow!

Mazmur 113:8

113:8 that he might seat him with princes,

with the princes of his people.

Mazmur 115:6

115:6 ears, but cannot hear,

noses, but cannot smell,

Mazmur 119:22

119:22 Spare me ¹⁰  shame and humiliation,

for I observe your rules.

Mazmur 119:86

119:86 All your commands are reliable.

I am pursued without reason. ¹¹  Help me!

Mazmur 144:8

144:8 who speak lies,

and make false promises. ¹² 

Mazmur 145:16

145:16 You open your hand,

and fill every living thing with the food they desire. ¹³ 

Mazmur 149:5

149:5 Let the godly rejoice because of their vindication! ¹⁴ 

Let them shout for joy upon their beds! ¹⁵ 

[25:13]  ¹ tn Heb “his life in goodness dwells.” The singular is representative (see v. 14).

[25:13]  ² tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

[25:13]  ³ tn Or “earth.”

[74:6]  ⁴ tn This is the reading of the Qere (marginal reading). The Kethib (consonantal text) has “and a time.”

[74:6]  ⁵ tn The imperfect verbal form vividly describes the act as underway.

[74:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “its engravings together.”

[74:6]  ⁷ tn This Hebrew noun occurs only here in the OT (see H. R. Cohen, Biblical Hapax Legomena [SBLDS], 49-50).

[74:6]  ⁸ tn This Hebrew noun occurs only here in the OT. An Akkadian cognate refers to a “pickaxe” (cf. NEB “hatchet and pick”; NIV “axes and hatchets”; NRSV “hatchets and hammers”).

[109:9]  ⁹ tn Or “sons.”

[119:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “roll away from upon me.” Some derive the imperatival form גַּל (gal) from גָּלָה (galah, “uncover,” as in v. 18), but here the form is from גָּלַל (galal, “roll”; see Josh 5:9, where חֶרְפָּה [kherpah, “shame; reproach”] also appears as object of the verb). Some, following the lead of a Dead Sea scroll (11QPs^a), emend the form to גֹּל (gol).

[119:86]  ¹¹ sn God’s commands are a reliable guide to right and wrong. By keeping them the psalmist is doing what is right, yet he is still persecuted.

[144:8]  ¹² tn Heb “who [with] their mouth speak falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.” The reference to the “right hand” is probably a metonymy for an oath. When making an oath, one would raise the hand as a solemn gesture. See Exod 6:8; Num 14:30; Deut 32:40. The figure thus represents the making of false oaths (false promises).

[145:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “[with what they] desire.”

[149:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “in glory.” Here “glory” probably refers to the “honor” that belongs to the Lord’s people as a result of their deliverance (see v. 4).

[149:5]  ¹⁵ tn The significance of the reference to “beds” is unclear. Perhaps the point is that they should rejoice at all times, even when falling asleep or awaking.