Mazmur 85:9

85:9 Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; ¹ 

then his splendor will again appear in our land. ² 

Mazmur 119:165

119:165 Those who love your law are completely secure; ³ 

nothing causes them to stumble. ⁴ 

Yesaya 11:9

11:9 They will no longer injure or destroy

on my entire royal mountain. ⁵ 

For there will be universal submission to the Lord’s sovereignty,

just as the waters completely cover the sea. ⁶ 

[85:9]  ¹ tn Heb “certainly his deliverance [is] near to those who fear him.”

[85:9]  ² tn Heb “to dwell, glory, in our land.” “Glory” is the subject of the infinitive. The infinitive with -לְ (lÿ), “to dwell,” probably indicates result here (“then”). When God delivers his people and renews his relationship with them, he will once more reveal his royal splendor in the land.

[119:165]  ³ tn Heb “great peace [is] to the lovers of your law.”

[119:165]  ⁴ tn Heb “and there is no stumbling to them.”

[11:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “in all my holy mountain.” In the most basic sense the Lord’s “holy mountain” is the mountain from which he rules over his kingdom (see Ezek 28:14, 16). More specifically it probably refers to Mount Zion/Jerusalem or to the entire land of Israel (see Pss 2:6; 15:1; 43:3; Isa 56:7; 57:13; Ezek 20:40; Ob 16; Zeph 3:11). If the Lord’s universal kingdom is in view in this context (see the note on “earth” at v. 4), then the phrase would probably be metonymic here, standing for God’s worldwide dominion (see the next line).

[11:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “for the earth will be full of knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” The translation assumes that a universal kingdom is depicted here, but אֶרֶץ (’erets) could be translated “land” (see the note at v. 4). “Knowledge of the Lord” refers here to a recognition of the Lord’s sovereignty which results in a willingness to submit to his authority. See the note at v. 2.