Mazmur 82:7

82:7 Yet you will die like mortals; ¹ 

you will fall like all the other rulers.” ² 

Mazmur 119:165

119:165 Those who love your law are completely secure; ³ 

nothing causes them to stumble. ⁴ 

Mazmur 145:8

145:8 The Lord is merciful and compassionate;

he is patient ⁵  and demonstrates great loyal love. ⁶ 

[82:7]  ¹ tn Heb “men.” The point in the context is mortality, however, not maleness.

[82:7]  sn You will die like mortals. For the concept of a god losing immortality and dying, see Isa 14:12-15, which alludes to a pagan myth in which the petty god “Shining One, son of the Dawn,” is hurled into Sheol for his hubris.

[82:7]  ² tn Heb “like one of the rulers.” The comparison does not necessarily imply that they are not rulers. The expression “like one of” can sometimes mean “as one of” (Gen 49:16; Obad 11) or “as any other of” (Judg 16:7, 11).

[119:165]  ³ tn Heb “great peace [is] to the lovers of your law.”

[119:165]  ⁴ tn Heb “and there is no stumbling to them.”

[145:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “slow to anger” (see Pss 86:15; 103:8).

[145:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “and great of loyal love” (see Pss 86:15; 103:8).