Mazmur 46:7

46:7 The Lord who commands armies is on our side! ¹ 

The God of Jacob ²  is our protector! ³  (Selah)

Mazmur 46:11

46:11 The Lord who commands armies is on our side! ⁴ 

The God of Jacob ⁵  is our protector! ⁶  (Selah)

Mazmur 55:18

55:18 He will rescue ⁷  me and protect me from those who attack me, ⁸ 

even though ⁹  they greatly outnumber me. ¹⁰ 

[46:7]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord of hosts is with us.” The title “Lord of hosts” here pictures the Lord as a mighty warrior-king who leads armies into battle (see Ps 24:10). The military imagery is further developed in vv. 8-9.

[46:7]  ² tn That is, Israel, or Judah (see Ps 20:1).

[46:7]  ³ tn Heb “our elevated place” (see Pss 9:9; 18:2).

[46:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Lord of hosts is with us.” The title “Lord of hosts” here pictures the Lord as a mighty warrior-king who leads armies into battle (see Ps 24:10). The military imagery is further developed in vv. 8-9.

[46:11]  ⁵ tn That is, Israel, or Judah (see Ps 20:1).

[46:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “our elevated place” (see Pss 9:9; 18:2).

[55:18]  ⁷ tn The perfect verbal form is here used rhetorically to indicate that the action is certain to take place (the so-called perfect of certitude).

[55:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “he will redeem in peace my life from [those who] draw near to me.”

[55:18]  ⁹ tn Or “for.”

[55:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “among many they are against me.” For other examples of the preposition עִמָּד (’immad) used in the sense of “at, against,” see HALOT 842 s.v.; BDB 767 s.v.; IBHS 219 §11.2.14b.