Mazmur 29:11

29:11 The Lord gives ¹  his people strength; ² 

the Lord grants his people security. ³ 

Mazmur 37:11

37:11 But the oppressed will possess the land

and enjoy great prosperity. ⁴ 

Mazmur 85:8

85:8 I will listen to what God the Lord says. ⁵ 

For he will make ⁶  peace with his people, his faithful followers. ⁷ 

Yet they must not ⁸  return to their foolish ways.

Mazmur 147:14

147:14 He ⁹  brings peace to your territory. ¹⁰ 

He abundantly provides for you ¹¹  the best grain.

[29:11]  ¹ tn The imperfect verbal forms in v. 11 are either descriptive or generalizing.

[29:11]  ² sn Strength. This probably refers to military power; see the use of the noun in 1 Sam 2:10 and Ps 86:16.

[29:11]  ³ tn Heb “blesses his people with peace.” The Hebrew term שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”) probably refers here to the protection and prosperity experienced by God’s people after the Lord intervenes in battle on their behalf.

[37:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they will take delight in (see v. 4) abundance of peace.”

[85:8]  ⁵ sn I will listen. Having asked for the Lord’s favor, the psalmist (who here represents the nation) anticipates a divine word of assurance.

[85:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “speak.” The idiom “speak peace” refers to establishing or maintaining peaceful relations with someone (see Gen 37:4; Zech 9:10; cf. Ps 122:8).

[85:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “to his people and to his faithful followers.” The translation assumes that “his people” and “his faithful followers” are viewed as identical here.

[85:8]  ⁸ tn Or “yet let them not.” After the negative particle אֵל (’el), the prefixed verbal form is jussive, indicating the speaker’s desire or wish.

[147:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “the one who.”

[147:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he makes your boundary peace.”

[147:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “satisfies you with.”