Mazmur 2:8

2:8 Ask me,

and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, ¹ 

the ends of the earth as your personal property.

Mazmur 34:7

34:7 The Lord’s angel camps around

the Lord’s ²  loyal followers ³  and delivers them. ⁴ 

Mazmur 37:18

37:18 The Lord watches over the innocent day by day ⁵ 

and they possess a permanent inheritance. ⁶ 

Mazmur 94:5

94:5 O Lord, they crush your people;

they oppress the nation that belongs to you. ⁷ 

Mazmur 103:21

103:21 Praise the Lord, all you warriors of his, ⁸ 

you servants of his who carry out his desires! ⁹ 

[2:8]  ¹ sn I will give you the nations. The Lord promises the Davidic king universal dominion.

[34:7]  ² tn Heb “his”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[34:7]  ³ tn Heb “those who fear him.”

[34:7]  ⁴ tn The prefixed verb with vav (ו) consecutive here carries the same generalizing force as the active participle in the first line. See GKC 329 §111.u.

[37:18]  ⁵ 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.

[37:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “and their inheritance is forever.”

[94:5]  ⁷ tn Or “your inheritance.”

[103:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “all his hosts.”

[103:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “his attendants, doers of his desire.”