Mazmur 35:20

35:20 For they do not try to make peace with others, ¹ 

but plan ways to deceive those who are unsuspecting. ² 

Mazmur 37:8

37:8 Do not be angry and frustrated! ³ 

Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!

Mazmur 37:18

37:18 The Lord watches over the innocent day by day ⁴ 

and they possess a permanent inheritance. ⁵ 

Mazmur 52:2

52:2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; ⁶ 

it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. ⁷ 

Mazmur 78:59

78:59 God heard and was angry;

he completely rejected Israel.

Mazmur 103:14

103:14 For he knows what we are made of; ⁸ 

he realizes ⁹  we are made of clay. ¹⁰ 

Mazmur 105:2

105:2 Sing to him!

Make music to him!

Tell about all his miraculous deeds!

Mazmur 106:32

106:32 They made him angry by the waters of Meribah,

and Moses suffered ¹¹  because of them,

Mazmur 119:150

119:150 Those who are eager to do ¹²  wrong draw near;

they are far from your law.

¹ tn Heb “for they do not speak peace.”

² tn Heb “but against the quiet ones of the land words of deceit they plan.” The imperfect verbal forms in v. 20 highlight their characteristic behavior.

³ tn Heb “Refrain from anger! Abandon rage!”

⁴ tn Heb “the Lord knows the days of the innocent ones.” He “knows” their days in the sense that he is intimately aware of and involved in their daily struggles. He meets their needs and sustains them.

⁵ tn Heb “and their inheritance is forever.”

⁶ tn Heb “destruction your tongue devises.”

⁷ tn Heb “like a sharpened razor, doer of deceit.” The masculine participle עָשָׂה (’asah) is understood as a substantival vocative, addressed to the powerful man.

⁸ tn Heb “our form.”

⁹ tn Heb “remembers.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “we [are] clay.”

¹¹ tn Heb “there was harm to Moses.”

¹² tn Heb “those who pursue.”