Mazmur 59:9

59:9 You are my source of strength! I will wait for you! ¹ 

For God is my refuge. ² 

Mazmur 63:8

63:8 My soul ³  pursues you; ⁴ 

your right hand upholds me.

Mazmur 71:8

71:8 I praise you constantly

and speak of your splendor all day long. ⁵ 

Mazmur 93:3

93:3 The waves ⁶  roar, O Lord,

the waves roar,

the waves roar and crash. ⁷ 

Mazmur 93:5

93:5 The rules you set down ⁸  are completely reliable. ⁹ 

Holiness ¹⁰  aptly adorns your house, O Lord, forever. ¹¹ 

Mazmur 141:2

141:2 May you accept my prayer like incense,

my uplifted hands like the evening offering! ¹² 

Mazmur 144:10

144:10 the one who delivers ¹³  kings,

and rescued David his servant from a deadly ¹⁴  sword.

[59:9]  ¹ tc Heb “his strength, for you I will watch.” “His strength” should be emended to “my strength” (see v. 17). Some also emend אֶשְׁמֹרָה (’eshmorah, “I will watch”) to אֱזַמֵּרָה (’ezammerah, “I will sing praises [to you]”) See v. 17.

[59:9]  ² tn Or “my elevated place” (see Ps 18:2).

[63:8]  ³ tn Or “I.” 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).

[63:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “clings after.” The expression means “to pursue with determination” (see Judg 20:45; 1 Sam 14:22; 1 Chr 10:2; Jer 42:16).

[71:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “my mouth is filled [with] your praise, all the day [with] your splendor.”

[93:3]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew noun translated “waves” often refers to rivers or streams, but here it appears to refer to the surging waves of the sea (see v. 4, Ps 24:2).

[93:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “the waves lift up, O Lord, the waves lift up their voice, the waves lift up their crashing.”

[93:5]  ⁸ tn Traditionally “your testimonies.” The Hebrew noun עֵדוּת (’edut) refers here to the demands of God’s covenant law. See Ps 19:7.

[93:5]  ⁹ sn The rules you set down. God’s covenant contains a clear, reliable witness to his moral character and demands.

[93:5]  ¹⁰ sn Holiness refers here to God’s royal transcendence (see vv. 1-4), as well as his moral authority and perfection (see v. 5a).

[93:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for your house holiness is fitting, O Lord, for length of days.”

[141:2]  ¹² tn Heb “may my prayer be established [like] incense before you, the uplifting of my hands [like] an evening offering.”

[144:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “grants deliverance to.”

[144:10]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “harmful.”