Mazmur 78:28

78:28 He caused them to fall right in the middle of their camp,

all around their homes.

Mazmur 89:31

89:31 if they break ¹  my rules

and do not keep my commandments,

Mazmur 104:27

104:27 All of your creatures ²  wait for you

to provide them with food on a regular basis. ³ 

Mazmur 107:37

107:37 They cultivated ⁴  fields,

and planted vineyards,

which yielded a harvest of fruit. ⁵ 

Mazmur 107:39

107:39 As for their enemies, ⁶  they decreased in number and were beaten down,

because of painful distress ⁷  and suffering.

Mazmur 124:3

124:3 they would have swallowed us alive,

when their anger raged against us.

Mazmur 147:3

147:3 He heals ⁸  the brokenhearted,

and bandages their wounds.

[89:31]  ¹ tn Or “desecrate.”

[104:27]  ² tn Heb “All of them.” The pronoun “them” refers not just to the sea creatures mentioned in vv. 25-26, but to all living things (see v. 24). This has been specified in the translation as “all of your creatures” for clarity.

[104:27]  ³ tn Heb “to give their food in its time.”

[107:37]  ⁴ tn Heb “sowed seed in.”

[107:37]  ⁵ tn Heb “fruit [as] produce.”

[107:39]  ⁶ tn The words “As for their enemies” are not included in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity. Without such clarification, one might think that v. 39 refers to those just mentioned in v. 38 as objects of divine blessing, which would contradict the point just emphasized by the psalmist. The structure of vv. 33-42 is paneled (A-B-A-B). In vv. 33-34 the psalmist describes God’s judgment upon his enemies (perhaps those who had enslaved his people). In vv. 35-38 he contrasts this judgment with the divine blessing poured out on God’s people. (See the note on the word “people” in v. 35.) In vv. 39-40 he contrasts this blessing with the judgment experienced by enemies, before returning in vv. 41-42 to the blessing experienced by God’s people.

[107:39]  ⁷ tn Heb “from the oppression of calamity.”

[147:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “the one who heals.”