Mazmur 57:6

57:6 They have prepared a net to trap me; ¹ 

I am discouraged. ² 

They have dug a pit for me. ³ 

They will fall ⁴  into it! (Selah)

Mazmur 72:19

72:19 His glorious name deserves praise ⁵  forevermore!

May his majestic splendor ⁶  fill the whole earth!

We agree! We agree! ⁷ 

Mazmur 108:4

108:4 For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, ⁸ 

and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

Mazmur 113:4

113:4 The Lord is exalted over all the nations;

his splendor reaches beyond the sky. ⁹ 

[57:6]  ¹ tn Heb “for my feet.”

[57:6]  ² tn Heb “my life bends low.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).

[57:6]  ³ tn Heb “before me.”

[57:6]  ⁴ tn The perfect form is used rhetorically here to express the psalmist’s certitude. The demise of the enemies is so certain that he can speak of it as already accomplished.

[72:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “[be] blessed.”

[72:19]  ⁶ tn Or “glory.”

[72:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “surely and surely” (אָמֵן וְאָמֵן [’amen vÿ’amen], i.e., “Amen and amen”). This is probably a congregational response of agreement to the immediately preceding statement about the propriety of praising God.

[108:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “for great upon the sky [or “heavens”] [is] your loyal love.”

[113:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “above the sky [is] his splendor.”