Mazmur 13:4

13:4 Then ¹  my enemy will say, “I have defeated him!”

Then ²  my foes will rejoice because I am upended.

Mazmur 31:8

31:8 You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy;

you enable me to stand ³  in a wide open place.

Mazmur 35:25

35:25 Do not let them say to themselves, ⁴  “Aha! We have what we wanted!” ⁵ 

Do not let them say, “We have devoured him!”

Mazmur 86:17

86:17 Show me evidence of your favor! ⁶ 

Then those who hate me will see it and be ashamed, ⁷ 

for you, O Lord, will help me and comfort me. ⁸ 

Mazmur 124:6

124:6 The Lord deserves praise, ⁹ 

for ¹⁰  he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.

[13:4]  ¹ tn Heb “or else.”

[13:4]  ² tn Heb “or else.”

[31:8]  ³ tn Heb “you cause my feet to stand.”

[35:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “in their heart[s].”

[35:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “Aha! Our desire!” The “desire” of the psalmist’s enemies is to triumph over him.

[86:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “Work with me a sign for good.” The expression “work a sign” also occurs in Judg 6:17.

[86:17]  ⁷ tn After the imperative in the preceding line (“work”), the prefixed verb forms with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose or result.

[86:17]  ⁸ tn The perfect verbal forms are understood here as dramatic/rhetorical, expressing the psalmist’s certitude that such a sign from the Lord will be followed by his intervention. Another option is to understand the forms as future perfects (“for you, O Lord, will have helped me and comforted me”).

[124:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord.”

[124:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “[the one] who.”