Mazmur 37:23

37:23 The Lord grants success to the one

whose behavior he finds commendable. ¹ 

Mazmur 59:16

59:16 As for me, I will sing about your strength;

I will praise your loyal love in the morning.

For you are my refuge ² 

and my place of shelter when I face trouble. ³ 

Mazmur 79:7

79:7 For they have devoured Jacob

and destroyed his home.

Mazmur 104:8

104:8 as the mountains rose up,

and the valleys went down –

to the place you appointed for them. ⁴ 

Mazmur 119:131

119:131 I open my mouth and pant,

because I long ⁵  for your commands.

Mazmur 129:5

129:5 May all who hate Zion

be humiliated and turned back!

Mazmur 145:16

145:16 You open your hand,

and fill every living thing with the food they desire. ⁶ 

Mazmur 147:4

147:4 He counts the number of the stars;

he names all of them.

[37:23]  ¹ tn Heb “from the Lord the steps of a man are established, and in his way he delights.” The second line qualifies the first. The man whose behavior is commendable in God’s sight is the one whose ways are established by God. Another option is that the second line refers to the godly man delighting in God’s “way,” namely the lifestyle which he prescribes for men. In this case one might translate, “The Lord grants success to the one who desires to obey his commands.”

[59:16]  ² tn Or “my elevated place” (see Ps 18:2).

[59:16]  ³ tn Heb “and my shelter in the day of my distress.”

[104:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “from your shout they fled, from the sound of your thunder they hurried off.”

[104:8]  sn Verses 7-8 poetically depict Gen 1:9-10.

[119:131]  ⁵ tn The verb occurs only here in the OT.

[145:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “[with what they] desire.”