Mazmur 34:13

34:13 Then make sure you don’t speak evil words ¹ 

or use deceptive speech! ² 

Mazmur 44:16

44:16 before the vindictive enemy

who ridicules and insults me. ³ 

Mazmur 71:23

71:23 My lips will shout for joy! Yes, ⁴  I will sing your praises!

I will praise you when you rescue me! ⁵ 

Mazmur 149:6

149:6 May they praise God

while they hold a two-edged sword in their hand, ⁶ 

[34:13]  ¹ tn Heb “guard your tongue from evil.”

[34:13]  ² tn Heb “and your lips from speaking deception.”

[44:16]  ³ tn Heb “from the voice of one who ridicules and insults, from the face of an enemy and an avenger.” See Ps 8:2.

[71:23]  ⁴ tn Or “when.” The translation assumes that כִּי (ki) has an emphasizing (asseverative) function here.

[71:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “and my life [or “soul”] which you will have redeemed.” The perfect verbal form functions here as a future perfect. The psalmist anticipates praising God, for God will have rescued him by that time.

[149:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “[May] praises of God [be] in their throat, and a two-edged sword in their hand.”