Mazmur 73:27

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

you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you. ³ 

Mazmur 86:5

86:5 Certainly ⁴  O Lord, you are kind ⁵  and forgiving,

and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.

Mazmur 119:118

119:118 You despise ⁶  all who stray from your statutes,

for they are deceptive and unreliable. ⁷ 

Mazmur 141:8

141:8 Surely I am looking to you, ⁸  O sovereign Lord.

In you I take shelter.

Do not expose me to danger! ⁹ 

Mazmur 149:4

149:4 For the Lord takes delight in his people;

he exalts the oppressed by delivering them. ¹⁰ 

[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.”

[86:5]  ⁴ tn Or “for.”

[86:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “good.”

[119:118]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew verb סָלָה (salah, “to disdain”) occurs only here and in Lam 1:15. Cognate usage in Aramaic and Akkadian, as well as Lam 1:15, suggest it may have a concrete nuance of “to throw away.”

[119:118]  ⁷ tn Heb “for their deceit [is] falsehood.”

[141:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “my eyes [are] toward you.”

[141:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “do not lay bare my life.” Only here is the Piel form of the verb collocated with the term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “life”). In Isa 53:12 the Lord’s servant “lays bare (the Hiphil form of the verb is used) his life to death.”

[149:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he honors the oppressed [with] deliverance.”