Mazmur 98:3

98:3 He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel. ¹ 

All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us. ² 

Mazmur 102:13

102:13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. ³ 

For it is time to have mercy on her,

for the appointed time has come.

Mazmur 136:10-24

136:10 to the one who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,

for his loyal love endures,

136:11 and led Israel out from their midst,

for his loyal love endures,

136:12 with a strong hand and an outstretched arm,

for his loyal love endures,

136:13 to the one who divided ⁴  the Red Sea ⁵  in two, ⁶ 

for his loyal love endures,

136:14 and led Israel through its midst,

for his loyal love endures,

136:15 and tossed ⁷  Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea,

for his loyal love endures,

136:16 to the one who led his people through the wilderness,

for his loyal love endures,

136:17 to the one who struck down great kings,

for his loyal love endures,

136:18 and killed powerful kings,

for his loyal love endures,

136:19 Sihon, king of the Amorites,

for his loyal love endures,

136:20 Og, king of Bashan,

for his loyal love endures,

136:21 and gave their land as an inheritance,

for his loyal love endures,

136:22 as an inheritance to Israel his servant,

for his loyal love endures,

136:23 to the one who remembered us when we were down, ⁸ 

for his loyal love endures,

136:24 and snatched us away from our enemies,

for his loyal love endures,

Mazmur 143:12

143:12 As a demonstration of your loyal love, ⁹  destroy my enemies!

Annihilate ¹⁰  all who threaten my life, ¹¹ 

for I am your servant.

[98:3]  ¹ tn Heb “he remembers his loyal love and his faithfulness to the house of Israel.”

[98:3]  ² tn Heb “the deliverance of our God,” with “God” being a subjective genitive (= God delivers).

[102:13]  ³ tn The imperfect verbal forms are understood as expressing the psalmist’s confidence in God’s intervention. Another option is to take them as expressing the psalmist’s request or wish, “You, rise up and have compassion!”

[136:13]  ⁴ tn Or “cut.”

[136:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “Reed Sea” (also in v. 15). “Reed Sea” (or “Sea of Reeds”) is a more accurate rendering of the Hebrew expression יָם סוּף (yam suf), traditionally translated “Red Sea.” See the note on the term “Red Sea” in Exod 13:18.

[136:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “into pieces.”

[136:15]  ⁷ tn Or “shook off.”

[136:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “who, in our low condition, remembered us.”

[143:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “in [or “by”] your faithfulness.”

[143:12]  ¹⁰ tn The perfect with vav (ו) consecutive carries on the mood of the preceding imperfect.

[143:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “all the enemies of my life.”