Mazmur 73:28

73:28 But as for me, God’s presence is all I need. ¹ 

I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter,

as ²  I declare all the things you have done.

Mazmur 142:7

142:7 Free me ³  from prison,

that I may give thanks to your name.

Because of me the godly will assemble, ⁴ 

for you will vindicate me. ⁵ 

[73:28]  ¹ tn Heb “but as for me, the nearness of God for me [is] good.”

[73:28]  ² tn The infinitive construct with -לְ (lÿ) is understood here as indicating an attendant circumstance. Another option is to take it as indicating purpose (“so that I might declare”) or result (“with the result that I declare”).

[142:7]  ³ tn Heb “bring out my life.”

[142:7]  ⁴ tn Or “gather around.”

[142:7]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew idiom גָּמַל עַל (gamal ’al) means “to repay,” here in a positive sense.