Mazmur 9:4

9:4 For you defended my just cause; ¹ 

from your throne you pronounced a just decision. ² 

Mazmur 19:1

Psalm 19 ³ 

For the music director; a psalm of David.

19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; ⁴ 

the sky displays his handiwork. ⁵ 

Mazmur 62:12

62:12 and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love. ⁶ 

For you repay men for what they do. ⁷ 

Mazmur 69:9

69:9 Certainly ⁸  zeal for ⁹  your house ¹⁰  consumes me;

I endure the insults of those who insult you. ¹¹ 

Mazmur 78:11

78:11 They forgot what he had done, ¹² 

the amazing things he had shown them.

Mazmur 94:16

94:16 Who will rise up to defend me ¹³  against the wicked?

Who will stand up for me against the evildoers? ¹⁴ 

Mazmur 107:12

107:12 So he used suffering to humble them; ¹⁵ 

they stumbled and no one helped them up.

[9:4]  ¹ tn Heb “for you accomplished my justice and my legal claim.”

[9:4]  ² tn Heb “you sat on a throne [as] one who judges [with] righteousness.” The perfect verbal forms in v. 4 probably allude to a recent victory (see vv. 5-7). Another option is to understand the verbs as describing what is typical (“you defend…you sit on a throne”).

[19:1]  ³ sn Psalm 19. The psalmist praises God for his self-revelation in the heavens and in the Mosaic law. The psalmist concludes with a prayer, asking the Lord to keep him from sinning and to approve of his thoughts and words.

[19:1]  ⁴ sn God’s glory refers here to his royal majesty and power.

[19:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the work of his hands the sky declares.” The participles emphasize the ongoing testimony of the heavens/sky.

[62:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “and to you, O Master, [is] loyal love.”

[62:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “for you pay back to a man according to his deed.” Another option is to understand vv. 11b and 12a as the first principle and v. 12b as the second. In this case one might translate, “God has declared one principle, two principles I have heard, namely, that God is strong, and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love, and that you repay men for what they do.”

[62:12]  sn You repay men for what they do. The psalmist views God’s justice as a demonstration of both his power (see v. 11c) and his loyal love (see v. 12a). When God judges evildoers, he demonstrates loyal love to his people.

[69:9]  ⁸ tn Or “for.” This verse explains that the psalmist’s suffering is due to his allegiance to God.

[69:9]  ⁹ tn Or “devotion to.”

[69:9]  ¹⁰ sn God’s house, the temple, here represents by metonymy God himself.

[69:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the insults of those who insult you fall upon me.”

[69:9]  sn Jn 2:17 applies the first half of this verse to Jesus’ ministry in the context of John’s account of Jesus cleansing the temple.

[78:11]  ¹² tn Heb “his deeds.”

[94:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “for me.”

[94:16]  ¹⁴ sn Who will stand up for me…? The questions anticipate the answer, “No one except God” (see v. 17).

[107:12]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and he subdued with suffering their heart.”