Mazmur 41:5

41:5 My enemies ask this cruel question about me, ¹ 

‘When will he finally die and be forgotten?’ ² 

Mazmur 56:2

56:2 Those who anticipate my defeat ³  attack me all day long.

Indeed, ⁴  many are fighting against me, O Exalted One. ⁵ 

Mazmur 119:98

119:98 Your commandments ⁶  make me wiser than my enemies,

for I am always aware of them.

Mazmur 110:2

110:2 The Lord ⁷  extends ⁸  your dominion ⁹  from Zion.

Rule in the midst of your enemies!

Mazmur 132:18

132:18 I will humiliate his enemies, ¹⁰ 

and his crown will shine.

[41:5]  ¹ tn Heb “my enemies speak evil concerning me.”

[41:5]  ² tn Heb “and his name perish.”

[56:2]  ³ tn Heb “to those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 54:5; 59:10.

[56:2]  ⁴ tn Or “for.”

[56:2]  ⁵ tn Some take the Hebrew term מָרוֹם (marom, “on high; above”) as an adverb modifying the preceding participle and translate, “proudly” (cf. NASB; NIV “in their pride”). The present translation assumes the term is a divine title here. The Lord is pictured as enthroned “on high” in Ps 92:8. (Note the substantival use of the term in Isa 24:4 and see C. A. Briggs and E. G. Briggs (Psalms [ICC], 2:34), who prefer to place the term at the beginning of the next verse.)

[119:98]  ⁶ tn The plural form needs to be revocalized as a singular in order to agree with the preceding singular verb and the singular pronoun in the next line. The Lord’s “command” refers here to the law (see Ps 19:8).

[110:2]  ⁷ tn Since the Lord is mentioned in the third person (note the use of the first person in v. 1), it is likely that these are the psalmist’s words to the king, not a continuation of the oracle per se.

[110:2]  ⁸ tn The prefixed verbal form is understood here as descriptive-dramatic or as generalizing, though it could be taken as future.

[110:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “your strong scepter,” symbolic of the king’s royal authority and dominion.

[132:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “his enemies I will clothe [with] shame.”