Mazmur 37:30

37:30 The godly speak wise words

and promote justice. ¹ 

Mazmur 40:9-10

40:9 I have told the great assembly ²  about your justice. ³ 

Look! I spare no words! ⁴ 

O Lord, you know this is true.

40:10 I have not failed to tell about your justice; ⁵ 

I spoke about your reliability and deliverance;

I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness. ⁶ 

Mazmur 71:17-18

71:17 O God, you have taught me since I was young,

and I am still declaring ⁷  your amazing deeds.

71:18 Even when I am old and gray, ⁸ 

O God, do not abandon me,

until I tell the next generation about your strength,

and those coming after me about your power. ⁹ 

Mazmur 119:13

119:13 With my lips I proclaim

all the regulations you have revealed. ¹⁰ 

[37:30]  ¹ tn Heb “The mouth of the godly [one] utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.” The singular form is used in a representative sense; the typical godly individual is in view. The imperfect verbal forms draw attention to the characteristic behavior of the godly.

[40:9]  ² sn The great assembly is also mentioned in Pss 22:25 and 35:18.

[40:9]  ³ tn Heb “I proclaim justice in the great assembly.” Though “justice” appears without a pronoun here, the Lord’s just acts are in view (see v. 10). His “justice” (צֶדֶק, tsedeq) is here the deliverance that originates in his justice; he protects and vindicates the one whose cause is just.

[40:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “Look! My lips I do not restrain.”

[40:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “your justice I have not hidden in the midst of my heart.”

[40:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “I have not hidden your loyal love and reliability.”

[71:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “and until now I am declaring.”

[71:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “and even unto old age and gray hair.”

[71:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “until I declare your arm to a generation, to everyone who comes your power.” God’s “arm” here is an anthropomorphism that symbolizes his great strength.

[119:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “of your mouth.”