Mazmur 7:17

7:17 I will thank the Lord for ¹  his justice;

I will sing praises to the sovereign Lord! ² 

Mazmur 56:2-3

56:2 Those who anticipate my defeat ³  attack me all day long.

Indeed, ⁴  many are fighting against me, O Exalted One. ⁵ 

56:3 When ⁶  I am afraid,

I trust in you.

Mazmur 83:18

83:18 Then they will know ⁷  that you alone are the Lord, ⁸ 

the sovereign king ⁹  over all the earth.

Mazmur 97:9

97:9 For you, O Lord, are the sovereign king ¹⁰  over the whole earth;

you are elevated high above all gods.

[7:17]  ¹ tn Heb “according to.”

[7:17]  ² tn Heb “[to] the name of the Lord Most High.” God’s “name” refers metonymically to his divine characteristics as suggested by his name, in this case the compound “Lord Most High.” The divine title “Most High” (עֶלְיוֹן, ’elyon) pictures God as the exalted ruler of the universe who vindicates the innocent and judges the wicked. See especially Ps 47:2.

[56:2]  ³ tn Heb “to those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 54:5; 59:10.

[56:2]  ⁴ tn Or “for.”

[56:2]  ⁵ tn Some take the Hebrew term מָרוֹם (marom, “on high; above”) as an adverb modifying the preceding participle and translate, “proudly” (cf. NASB; NIV “in their pride”). The present translation assumes the term is a divine title here. The Lord is pictured as enthroned “on high” in Ps 92:8. (Note the substantival use of the term in Isa 24:4 and see C. A. Briggs and E. G. Briggs (Psalms [ICC], 2:34), who prefer to place the term at the beginning of the next verse.)

[56:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “[in] a day.”

[83:18]  ⁷ tn After the preceding jussives (v. 17), the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose (“so that they may know”) or result.

[83:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “that you, your name [is] the Lord, you alone.”

[83:18]  ⁹ tn Traditionally “the Most High.”

[97:9]  ¹⁰ tn Traditionally “Most High.”