Mazmur 5:12

5:12 Certainly ¹  you reward ²  the godly, ³  Lord.

Like a shield you protect ⁴  them ⁵  in your good favor. ⁶ 

Mazmur 67:7

67:7 May God bless us! ⁷ 

Then all the ends of the earth will give him the honor he deserves. ⁸ 

Mazmur 115:12-13

115:12 The Lord takes notice of us, ⁹  he will bless ¹⁰  –

he will bless the family ¹¹  of Israel,

he will bless the family of Aaron.

115:13 He will bless his loyal followers, ¹² 

both young and old. ¹³ 

[5:12]  ¹ tn Or “For.”

[5:12]  ² tn Or “bless.” The imperfect verbal forms here and in the next line highlight how God characteristically rewards and protects the godly.

[5:12]  ³ tn Or “innocent.” The singular form is used here in a collective or representative sense.

[5:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “surround.” In 1 Sam 23:26 the verb describes how Saul and his men hemmed David in as they chased him.

[5:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “him.” The singular form is used here in a collective or representative sense and is thus translated “them.”

[5:12]  ⁶ tn Or “with favor” (cf. NRSV). There is no preposition before the noun in the Hebrew text, nor is there a pronoun attached. “Favor” here stands by metonymy for God’s defensive actions on behalf of the one whom he finds acceptable.

[67:7]  ⁷ tn The prefixed verb forms in vv. 6b-7a are understood as jussives.

[67:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “will fear him.” After the jussive of the preceding line, the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive is understood as indicating purpose/result. (Note how v. 3 anticipates the universal impact of God showing his people blessing.) Another option is to take the verb as a jussive and translate, “Let all the ends of the earth fear him.”

[115:12]  ⁹ tn Or “remembers us.”

[115:12]  ¹⁰ tn Another option is to translate the prefixed form of the verb “bless” in vv. 12-13 as a jussive, “may he bless” (see v. 14).

[115:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “house.”

[115:13]  ¹² tn Heb “the fearers of the Lord.”

[115:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “the small along with the great.” The translation assumes that “small” and “great” here refer to age (see 2 Chr 15:13). Another option is to translate “both the insignificant and the prominent” (see Job 3:19; cf. NEB “high and low alike”).