Mazmur 37:18

37:18 The Lord watches over the innocent day by day ¹ 

and they possess a permanent inheritance. ² 

Mazmur 78:63

78:63 Fire consumed their ³  young men,

and their ⁴  virgins remained unmarried. ⁵ 

Mazmur 89:45

89:45 You have cut short his youth, ⁶ 

and have covered him with shame. (Selah)

Mazmur 102:3

102:3 For my days go up in smoke, ⁷ 

and my bones are charred like a fireplace. ⁸ 

Mazmur 119:84

119:84 How long must your servant endure this? ⁹ 

When will you judge those who pursue me?

[37:18]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord knows the days of the innocent ones.” He “knows” their days in the sense that he is intimately aware of and involved in their daily struggles. He meets their needs and sustains them.

[37:18]  ² tn Heb “and their inheritance is forever.”

[78:63]  ³ tn Heb “his.” The singular pronominal suffix is collective, referring back to God’s “people” (v. 62).

[78:63]  ⁴ tn Heb “his.” The singular pronominal suffix is collective, referring back to God’s “people” (v. 62).

[78:63]  ⁵ tn Heb “were not praised,” that is, in wedding songs. The young men died in masses, leaving no husbands for the young women.

[89:45]  ⁶ tn Heb “the days of his youth” (see as well Job 33:25).

[102:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “for my days come to an end in smoke.”

[102:3]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew noun מוֹ־קֵד (mo-qed, “fireplace”) occurs only here, in Isa 33:14 (where it refers to the fire itself), and perhaps in Lev 6:2.

[119:84]  ⁹ tn Heb “How long are the days of your servant?”