Mazmur 24:5

24:5 Such godly people are rewarded by the Lord, ¹ 

and vindicated by the God who delivers them. ² 

Mazmur 28:8

28:8 The Lord strengthens his people; ³ 

he protects and delivers his chosen king. ⁴ 

Mazmur 37:39

37:39 But the Lord delivers the godly; ⁵ 

he protects them in times of trouble. ⁶ 

Mazmur 74:12

74:12 But God has been my ⁷  king from ancient times,

performing acts of deliverance on the earth. ⁸ 

Mazmur 96:2

96:2 Sing to the Lord! Praise his name!

Announce every day how he delivers! ⁹ 

[24:5]  ¹ tn Heb “he (the righteous individual described in v. 4) lifts up a blessing from the Lord.” The singular subject is representative here, as v. 6 makes clear. The referent (godly people like the individual in v. 4) has been specified in the translation for clarity. The imperfect verbal form is generalizing; such people are typically rewarded for their deeds.

[24:5]  ² tn “and vindication from the God of his deliverance.”

[28:8]  ³ tn Heb “the Lord [is] strength to them” (or perhaps, “to him”). The form לָמוֹ (lamo, “to them/him”) is probably a corruption of an original לְעַמוֹ (lÿ’amo, “to his people”; see P. C. Craigie, Psalms 1-50 [WBC], 236), perhaps due to quiescence of the letter ayin (ע; see P. McCarter, Textual Criticism [GBS], 55). Note the reference to the Lord’s “people” in the next verse.

[28:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “he [is] a refuge of help for his anointed one.” The noun מָשִׁיחַ (mashiakh, “anointed one”) refers to the Davidic king, who perhaps speaks as representative of the nation in this psalm. See Pss 2:2; 18:50; 20:6; 84:9; 89:38, 51; 132:10, 17.

[37:39]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the deliverance of the godly [ones] [is] from the Lord.”

[37:39]  ⁶ tn Heb “[he is] their place of refuge in a time of trouble.”

[74:12]  ⁷ tn The psalmist speaks as Israel’s representative here.

[74:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “in the midst of the earth.”

[96:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “announce from day to day his deliverance.”