Mazmur 73:27

73:27 Yes, ¹  look! Those far from you ²  die;

you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you. ³ 

Mazmur 116:7

116:7 Rest once more, my soul, ⁴ 

for the Lord has vindicated you. ⁵ 

Mazmur 119:11

119:11 In my heart I store up ⁶  your words, ⁷ 

so I might not sin against you.

[73:27]  ¹ tn Or “for.”

[73:27]  ² sn The following line defines the phrase far from you in a spiritual sense. Those “far” from God are those who are unfaithful and disloyal to him.

[73:27]  ³ tn Heb “everyone who commits adultery from you.”

[116:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “return, my soul, to your place of rest.”

[116:7]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew idiom גָּמַל עַל (gamal ’al) means “to repay,” here in a positive sense (cf. Ps 13:5).

[119:11]  ⁶ tn Or “hide.”

[119:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “your word.” Some medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural, “your words.”