Mazmur 34:19

34:19 The godly ¹  face many dangers, ² 

but the Lord saves ³  them ⁴  from each one of them.

Mazmur 37:24

37:24 Even if ⁵  he trips, he will not fall headlong, ⁶ 

for the Lord holds ⁷  his hand.

Mazmur 58:5

58:5 that does not respond to ⁸  the magicians,

or to a skilled snake-charmer.

Mazmur 73:26

73:26 My flesh and my heart may grow weak, ⁹ 

but God always ¹⁰  protects my heart and gives me stability. ¹¹ 

Mazmur 78:32

78:32 Despite all this, they continued to sin,

and did not trust him to do amazing things. ¹² 

Mazmur 78:34

78:34 When he struck them down, ¹³  they sought his favor; ¹⁴ 

they turned back and longed for God.

Mazmur 96:4

96:4 For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise;

he is more awesome than all gods. ¹⁵ 

Mazmur 105:12

105:12 When they were few in number,

just a very few, and resident aliens within it,

Mazmur 109:25

109:25 I am disdained by them. ¹⁶ 

When they see me, they shake their heads. ¹⁷ 

Mazmur 119:23

119:23 Though rulers plot and slander me, ¹⁸ 

your servant meditates on your statutes.

Mazmur 119:91

119:91 Today they stand firm by your decrees,

for all things are your servants.

Mazmur 119:93

119:93 I will never forget your precepts,

for by them you have revived me.

Mazmur 148:6

148:6 He established them so they would endure; ¹⁹ 

he issued a decree that will not be revoked. ²⁰ 

Mazmur 149:3

149:3 Let them praise his name with dancing!

Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp!

[34:19]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text uses the singular form; the representative or typical godly person is envisioned.

[34:19]  ² tn Or “trials.”

[34:19]  ³ tn The Hebrew imperfect verbal form highlights the generalizing statement and draws attention to the fact that the Lord typically delivers the godly.

[34:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “him,” agreeing with the singular form in the preceding line.

[37:24]  ⁵ tn Other translation options for כִּי in this context are “when” (so NASB) or “though” (so NEB, NIV, NRSV).

[37:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “be hurled down.”

[37:24]  ⁷ tn The active participle indicates this is characteristically true. See v. 17.

[58:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “does not listen to the voice of.”

[73:26]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew verb כָלָה (khalah, “to fail; to grow weak”) does not refer here to physical death per se, but to the physical weakness that sometimes precedes death (see Job 33:21; Pss 71:9; 143:7; Prov 5:11).

[73:26]  ¹⁰ tn Or “forever.”

[73:26]  ¹¹ tn Heb “is the rocky summit of my heart and my portion.” The psalmist compares the Lord to a rocky summit where one could go for protection and to landed property, which was foundational to economic stability in ancient Israel.

[78:32]  ¹² tn Heb “and did not believe in his amazing deeds.”

[78:34]  ¹³ tn Or “killed them,” that is, killed large numbers of them.

[78:34]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “they sought him.”

[96:4]  ¹⁵ tn Or perhaps “and feared by all gods.” See Ps 89:7.

[109:25]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “as for me, I am a reproach to them.”

[109:25]  ¹⁷ sn They shake their heads. Apparently shaking the head was a taunting gesture. See also Job 16:4; Ps 22:7; Lam 2:15.

[119:23]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “though rulers sit, about me they talk together.” (For another example of the Niphal of דָּבַר (davar) used with a suffixed form of the preposition ב, see Ezek 33:30.)

[148:6]  ¹⁹ tn Or “forever and ever.”

[148:6]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and it will not pass away.”