Mazmur 18:16

18:16 He reached down ¹  from above and took hold of me;

he pulled me from the surging water. ² 

Mazmur 31:4

31:4 You will free me ³  from the net they hid for me,

for you are my place of refuge.

Mazmur 65:11

65:11 You crown the year with your good blessings, ⁴ 

and you leave abundance in your wake. ⁵ 

Mazmur 104:14

104:14 He provides grass ⁶  for the cattle,

and crops for people to cultivate, ⁷ 

so they can produce food from the ground, ⁸ 

[18:16]  ¹ tn Heb “stretched.” Perhaps “his hand” should be supplied by ellipsis (see Ps 144:7). In this poetic narrative context the three prefixed verbal forms in this verse are best understood as preterites indicating past tense, not imperfects.

[18:16]  ² tn Heb “mighty waters.” The waters of the sea symbolize the psalmist’s powerful enemies, as well as the realm of death they represent (see v. 4 and Ps 144:7).

[31:4]  ³ tn Heb “bring me out.” The translation assumes that the imperfect verbal form expresses the psalmist’s confidence about the future. Another option is to take the form as expressing a prayer, “free me.”

[65:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “your good,” which refers here to agricultural blessings.

[65:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “and your paths drip with abundance.”

[104:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “causes the grass to sprout up.”

[104:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “for the service of man” (see Gen 2:5).

[104:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “to cause food to come out from the earth.”