Mazmur 22:5

22:5 To you they cried out, and they were saved;

in you they trusted and they were not disappointed. ¹ 

Mazmur 44:7

44:7 For you deliver ²  us from our enemies;

you humiliate ³  those who hate us.

Mazmur 74:21

74:21 Do not let the afflicted be turned back in shame!

Let the oppressed and poor praise your name! ⁴ 

Mazmur 127:5

127:5 How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them!

They will not be put to shame ⁵  when they confront ⁶  enemies at the city gate.

[22:5]  ¹ tn Or “were not ashamed.”

[44:7]  ² tn Or “have delivered,” if past successes are in view. Another option is to take the perfect as rhetorical, emphasizing that victory is certain (note the use of the imperfect in vv. 5-6).

[44:7]  ³ tn Or “have humiliated,” if past successes are in view. Another option is to take the perfect as rhetorical, emphasizing that victory is certain (note the use of the imperfect in vv. 5-6).

[74:21]  ⁴ sn Let the oppressed and poor praise your name! The statement is metonymic. The point is this: May the oppressed be delivered from their enemies! Then they will have ample reason to praise God’s name.

[127:5]  ⁵ tn Being “put to shame” is here metonymic for being defeated, probably in a legal context, as the reference to the city gate suggests. One could be humiliated (Ps 69:12) or deprived of justice (Amos 5:12) at the gate, but with strong sons to defend the family interests this was less likely to happen.

[127:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “speak with.”