Mazmur 33:20

33:20 We ¹  wait for the Lord;

he is our deliverer ²  and shield. ³ 

Mazmur 124:5

124:5 The raging water

would have overwhelmed us. ⁴ 

Mazmur 35:25

35:25 Do not let them say to themselves, ⁵  “Aha! We have what we wanted!” ⁶ 

Do not let them say, “We have devoured him!”

Mazmur 44:25

44:25 For we lie in the dirt,

with our bellies pressed to the ground. ⁷ 

Mazmur 66:9

66:9 He preserves our lives ⁸ 

and does not allow our feet to slip.

Mazmur 123:4

123:4 We have had our fill ⁹ 

of the taunts of the self-assured,

of the contempt of the proud.

Mazmur 124:4

124:4 The water would have overpowered us;

the current ¹⁰  would have overwhelmed ¹¹  us. ¹² 

[33:20]  ¹ tn Or “our lives.” The suffixed form of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being, life”) is often equivalent to a pronoun in poetic texts.

[33:20]  ² tn Or “[source of] help.”

[33:20]  ³ tn Or “protector.”

[124:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “then they would have passed over our being, the raging waters.”

[35:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “in their heart[s].”

[35:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “Aha! Our desire!” The “desire” of the psalmist’s enemies is to triumph over him.

[44:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “for our being/life sinks down to the dirt, our belly clings to the earth.” The suffixed form of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being, life”) is often equivalent to a pronoun in poetic texts.

[66:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “the one who places our soul in life.”

[123:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “greatly our soul is full to it.”

[124:4]  ¹⁰ tn Or “stream.”

[124:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “would have passed over.”

[124:4]  ¹² tn Heb “our being.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).