Mazmur 67:1-2

Psalm 67 ¹ 

For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm, a song.

67:1 May God show us his favor ²  and bless us! ³ 

May he smile on us! ⁴  (Selah)

67:2 Then those living on earth will know what you are like;

all nations will know how you deliver your people. ⁵ 

Mazmur 68:28

68:28 God has decreed that you will be powerful. ⁶ 

O God, you who have acted on our behalf, demonstrate your power,

Mazmur 106:4-5

106:4 Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people!

Pay attention to me, when you deliver,

106:5 so I may see the prosperity ⁷  of your chosen ones,

rejoice along with your nation, ⁸ 

and boast along with the people who belong to you. ⁹ 

Mazmur 108:6

108:6 Deliver by your power ¹⁰  and answer me,

so that the ones you love may be safe. ¹¹ 

Mazmur 108:12-13

108:12 Give us help against the enemy,

for any help men might offer is futile. ¹² 

108:13 By God’s power we will conquer; ¹³ 

he will trample down ¹⁴  our enemies.

Mazmur 122:6-9

122:6 Pray ¹⁵  for the peace of Jerusalem!

May those who love her prosper! ¹⁶ 

122:7 May there be peace inside your defenses,

and prosperity ¹⁷  inside your fortresses! ¹⁸ 

122:8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors

I will say, “May there be peace in you!”

122:9 For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God

I will pray for you to prosper. ¹⁹ 

[67:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 67. The psalmist prays for God’s blessing upon his people and urges the nations to praise him for he is the just ruler of the world.

[67:1]  ² tn Or “have mercy on us.”

[67:1]  ³ tn The prefixed verbal forms are understood as jussives expressing the psalmist’s prayer. Note the jussive form יָאֵר (ya’er) in the next line.

[67:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “may he cause his face to shine with us.”

[67:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “to know in the earth your way, among all nations your deliverance.” The infinitive with -לְ (lamed) expresses purpose/result. When God demonstrates his favor to his people, all nations will recognize his character as a God who delivers. The Hebrew term דֶּרֶךְ (derekh, “way”) refers here to God’s characteristic behavior, more specifically, to the way he typically saves his people.

[68:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “God has commanded your strength.” The statement is apparently addressed to Israel (see v. 26).

[106:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “good.”

[106:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “in order that [I may] rejoice with the rejoicing of your nation.”

[106:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “with your inheritance.”

[108:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “right hand.”

[108:6]  ¹¹ tn Or “may be rescued.” The lines are actually reversed in the Hebrew text: “So that the ones you love may be rescued, deliver by your power and answer me.”

[108:12]  ¹² tn Heb “and futile [is] the deliverance of man.”

[108:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “in God we will accomplish strength.” The statement refers here to military success (see Num 24:18; 1 Sam 14:48; Pss 60:12; 118:16-16).

[108:13]  ¹⁴ sn On the expression trample down our enemies see Ps 44:5.

[122:6]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “ask [for].”

[122:6]  ¹⁶ tn Or “be secure.”

[122:7]  ¹⁷ tn or “security.”

[122:7]  ¹⁸ tn The psalmist uses second feminine singular pronominal forms to address personified Jerusalem.

[122:9]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “I will seek good for you.” The psalmist will seek Jerusalem’s “good” through prayer.