Mazmur 73:24

73:24 You guide ¹  me by your wise advice,

and then you will lead me to a position of honor. ² 

Mazmur 113:7-9

113:7 He raises the poor from the dirt,

and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile, ³ 

113:8 that he might seat him with princes,

with the princes of his people.

113:9 He makes the barren woman of the family ⁴ 

a happy mother of children. ⁵ 

Praise the Lord!

Mazmur 119:24

119:24 Yes, I find delight in your rules;

they give me guidance. ⁶ 

[73:24]  ¹ tn The imperfect verbal form here suggests this is the psalmist’s ongoing experience.

[73:24]  ² tn Heb “and afterward [to] glory you will take me.” Some interpreters view this as the psalmist’s confidence in an afterlife in God’s presence and understand כָּבוֹד (cavod) as a metonymic reference to God’s presence in heaven. But this seems unlikely in the present context. The psalmist anticipates a time of vindication, when the wicked are destroyed and he is honored by God for his godly life style. The verb לָקַח (laqakh, “take”) here carries the nuance “lead, guide, conduct,” as in Num 23:14, 27-28; Josh 24:3 and Prov 24:11.

[113:7]  ³ sn The language of v. 7 is almost identical to that of 1 Sam 2:8.

[113:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “of the house.”

[113:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “sons.”

[119:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “men of my counsel.” That is, God’s rules are like advisers to the psalmist, for they teach him how to live in a godly manner that refutes the accusations of his enemies.