Mazmur 37:22

37:22 Surely ¹  those favored by the Lord ²  will possess the land,

but those rejected ³  by him will be wiped out. ⁴ 

Mazmur 25:13

25:13 They experience his favor; ⁵ 

their descendants ⁶  inherit the land. ⁷ 

Yesaya 49:8

49:8 This is what the Lord says:

“At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you;

in the day of deliverance I will help you;

I will protect you ⁸  and make you a covenant mediator for people, ⁹ 

to rebuild ¹⁰  the land ¹¹ 

and to reassign the desolate property.

[37:22]  ¹ tn The particle כִּי is best understood as asseverative or emphatic here.

[37:22]  ² tn Heb “those blessed by him.” The pronoun “him” must refer to the Lord (see vv. 20, 23), so the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[37:22]  ³ tn Heb “cursed.”

[37:22]  ⁴ tn Or “cut off”; or “removed” (see v. 9).

[25:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “his life in goodness dwells.” The singular is representative (see v. 14).

[25:13]  ⁶ tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

[25:13]  ⁷ tn Or “earth.”

[49:8]  ⁸ tn The translation assumes the verb is derived from the root נָצָר (natsar, “protect”). Some prefer to derive it from the root יָצָר (yatsar, “form”).

[49:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “a covenant of people.” A person cannot literally be a covenant; בְּרִית (bÿrit) is probably metonymic here, indicating a covenant mediator. Here עָם (’am, “people”) appears to refer to Israel. See the note at 42:6.

[49:8]  ¹⁰ tn The Hiphil of קוּם (qum, “arise”) is probably used here in the sense of “rebuild.”

[49:8]  ¹¹ tn The “land” probably stands by metonymy for the ruins within it.