Mazmur 4:8

4:8 I will lie down and sleep peacefully, ¹ 

for you, Lord, make me safe and secure. ² 

Mazmur 37:37

37:37 Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the godly! ³ 

For the one who promotes peace has a future. ⁴ 

Mazmur 55:18

55:18 He will rescue ⁵  me and protect me from those who attack me, ⁶ 

even though ⁷  they greatly outnumber me. ⁸ 

[4:8]  ¹ tn Heb “in peace at the same time I will lie down and sleep.”

[4:8]  ² tn Heb “for you, Lord, solitarily, securely make me dwell.” The translation understands לְבָדָד (lÿvadad) as modifying the verb; the Lord keeps enemies away from the psalmist so that he is safe and secure. Another option is to take לְבָדָד with what precedes and translate, “you alone, Lord, make me secure.”

[37:37]  ³ tn Or “upright.”

[37:37]  ⁴ tn Heb “for [there is] an end for a man of peace.” Some interpret אַחֲרִית (’akharit, “end”) as referring to offspring (see the next verse and Ps 109:13; cf. NEB, NRSV).

[55:18]  ⁵ tn The perfect verbal form is here used rhetorically to indicate that the action is certain to take place (the so-called perfect of certitude).

[55:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “he will redeem in peace my life from [those who] draw near to me.”

[55:18]  ⁷ tn Or “for.”

[55:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “among many they are against me.” For other examples of the preposition עִמָּד (’immad) used in the sense of “at, against,” see HALOT 842 s.v.; BDB 767 s.v.; IBHS 219 §11.2.14b.