Mazmur 24:1

Psalm 24 ¹ 

A psalm of David.

24:1 The Lord owns the earth and all it contains,

the world and all who live in it.

Mazmur 32:10

32:10 An evil person suffers much pain, ² 

but the Lord’s faithfulness overwhelms the one who trusts in him. ³ 

Mazmur 33:2

33:2 Give thanks to the Lord with the harp!

Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument!

Mazmur 37:16

37:16 The little bit that a godly man owns is better than

the wealth of many evil men, ⁴ 

Mazmur 44:14

44:14 You made us ⁵  an object of ridicule ⁶  among the nations;

foreigners treat us with contempt. ⁷ 

Mazmur 50:11

50:11 I keep track of ⁸  every bird in the hills,

and the insects ⁹  of the field are mine.

Mazmur 66:2

66:2 Sing praises about the majesty of his reputation! ¹⁰ 

Give him the honor he deserves! ¹¹ 

Mazmur 71:23

71:23 My lips will shout for joy! Yes, ¹²  I will sing your praises!

I will praise you when you rescue me! ¹³ 

Mazmur 83:12

83:12 who said, ¹⁴  “Let’s take over ¹⁵  the pastures of God!”

Mazmur 105:32

105:32 He sent hail along with the rain; ¹⁶ 

there was lightning in their land. ¹⁷ 

Mazmur 106:12

106:12 They believed his promises; ¹⁸ 

they sang praises to him.

Mazmur 109:20

109:20 May the Lord repay my accusers in this way, ¹⁹ 

those who say evil things about ²⁰  me! ²¹ 

Mazmur 119:111

119:111 I claim your rules as my permanent possession,

for they give me joy. ²² 

Mazmur 119:132

119:132 Turn toward me and extend mercy to me,

as you typically do to your loyal followers. ²³ 

[24:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 24. The psalmist affirms the universal kingship of the sovereign creator, reminds his people that only the morally pure are qualified to worship him, and celebrates his splendor as a mighty warrior king.

[32:10]  ² tn Heb “many [are the] pains of evil [one].” The singular form is representative here; the typical evildoer, representative of the larger group of wicked people, is in view.

[32:10]  ³ tn Heb “but the one who trusts in the Lord, faithfulness surrounds him.”

[37:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “Better [is] a little to the godly one than the wealth of many evil ones.” The following verses explain why this is true. Though a godly individual may seem to have only meager possessions, he always has what he needs and will eventually possess the land. The wicked may prosper for a brief time, but will eventually be destroyed by divine judgment and lose everything.

[44:14]  ⁵ tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).

[44:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “a proverb,” or “[the subject of] a mocking song.”

[44:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “a shaking of the head among the peoples.” Shaking the head was a derisive gesture (see Jer 18:16; Lam 2:15).

[50:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “I know.”

[50:11]  ⁹ tn The precise referent of the Hebrew word, which occurs only here and in Ps 80:13, is uncertain. Aramaic, Arabic and Akkadian cognates refer to insects, such as locusts or crickets.

[66:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “his name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

[66:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “make honorable his praise.”

[71:23]  ¹² tn Or “when.” The translation assumes that כִּי (ki) has an emphasizing (asseverative) function here.

[71:23]  ¹³ tn Heb “and my life [or “soul”] which you will have redeemed.” The perfect verbal form functions here as a future perfect. The psalmist anticipates praising God, for God will have rescued him by that time.

[83:12]  ¹⁴ tn The translation assumes that “Zebah and Zalmunna” are the antecedents of the relative pronoun (“who [said]”). Another option is to take “their nobles…all their rulers” as the antecedent and to translate, “those who say.”

[83:12]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “let’s take possession for ourselves.”

[105:32]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “he gave their rains hail.”

[105:32]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “fire of flames [was] in their land.”

[106:12]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “his words.”

[109:20]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “[may] this [be] the repayment to my accusers from the Lord.”

[109:20]  ²⁰ tn Or “against.”

[109:20]  ²¹ tn The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being; soul”) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).

[119:111]  ²² tn Heb “for the joy of my heart [are] they.”

[119:132]  ²³ tn Heb “according to custom toward the lovers of your name.” The “lovers of” God’s “name” are the Lord’s loyal followers. See Pss 5:11; 69:36; Isa 56:6.