Mazmur 16:2

16:2 I say to the Lord, “You are the Lord,

my only source of well-being.” ¹ 

Mazmur 50:8

50:8 I am not condemning ²  you because of your sacrifices,

or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me. ³ 

Mazmur 71:11

71:11 They say, ⁴  “God has abandoned him.

Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!”

Mazmur 79:3

79:3 They have made their blood flow like water

all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them. ⁵ 

Mazmur 104:33

104:33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;

I will sing praise to my God as long as I exist! ⁶ 

Mazmur 107:23

107:23 ⁷ Some traveled on ⁸  the sea in ships,

and carried cargo over the vast waters. ⁹ 

Mazmur 114:5

114:5 Why do you flee, O sea?

Why do you turn back, O Jordan River?

Mazmur 119:91

119:91 Today they stand firm by your decrees,

for all things are your servants.

Mazmur 122:8

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

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

[16:2]  ¹ tn Heb “my good [is] not beyond you.” For the use of the preposition עַל (’al) in the sense of “beyond,” see BDB 755 s.v. 2.

[50:8]  ² tn Or “rebuking.”

[50:8]  ³ tn Heb “and your burnt sacrifices before me continually.”

[71:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “saying.”

[79:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “they have poured out their blood like water, all around Jerusalem, and there is no one burying.”

[104:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “in my duration.”

[107:23]  ⁷ sn Verses 23-30, which depict the Lord rescuing sailors from a storm at sea, do not seem to describe the exiles’ situation, unless the word picture is metaphorical. Perhaps the psalmist here broadens his scope and offers an example of God’s kindness to the needy beyond the covenant community.

[107:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “those going down [into].”

[107:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “doers of work on the mighty waters.”