Mazmur 17:5

17:5 I carefully obey your commands; ¹ 

I do not deviate from them. ² 

Mazmur 119:4-5

119:4 You demand that your precepts

be carefully kept. ³ 

119:5 If only I were predisposed ⁴ 

to keep your statutes!

Mazmur 119:20

119:20 I desperately long to know ⁵ 

your regulations at all times.

Mazmur 127:4

127:4 Sons born during one’s youth

are like arrows in a warrior’s hand. ⁶ 

Mazmur 128:6

128:6 and that you might see ⁷  your grandchildren. ⁸ 

May Israel experience peace! ⁹ 

Mazmur 147:12

147:12 Extol the Lord, O Jerusalem!

Praise your God, O Zion!

Mazmur 148:12

148:12 you young men and young women,

you elderly, along with you children!

Mazmur 150:6

150:6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord!

[17:5]  ¹ tn Heb “my steps stay firm in your tracks.” The infinitive absolute functions here as a finite verb (see GKC 347 §113.gg). God’s “tracks” are his commands, i.e., the moral pathways he has prescribed for the psalmist.

[17:5]  ² tn Heb “my footsteps do not stagger.”

[119:4]  ³ tn Heb “you, you commanded your precepts, to keep, very much.”

[119:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “if only my ways were established.”

[119:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “my soul languishes for longing for.”

[127:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so [are] sons of youth.” Arrows are used in combat to defend oneself against enemies; sons are viewed here as providing social security and protection (see v. 5). The phrase “sons of youth” is elliptical, meaning “sons [born during the father’s] youth.” Such sons will have grown up to be mature adults and will have children of their own by the time the father reaches old age and becomes vulnerable to enemies. Contrast the phrase “son of old age” in Gen 37:3 (see also 44:20), which refers to Jacob’s age when Joseph was born.

[128:6]  ⁷ tn The imperative with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the jussive in v. 5a.

[128:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “sons to your sons.”

[128:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “peace [be] upon Israel.” The statement is understood as a prayer (see Ps 125:5).