Mazmur 2:6

2:6 “I myself ¹  have installed ²  my king

on Zion, my holy hill.”

Mazmur 3:2

3:2 Many say about me,

“God will not deliver him.” ³  (Selah) ⁴ 

Mazmur 6:3

6:3 I am absolutely terrified, ⁵ 

and you, Lord – how long will this continue? ⁶ 

Mazmur 22:13

22:13 They ⁷  open their mouths to devour me ⁸ 

like a roaring lion that rips its prey. ⁹ 

Mazmur 35:7

35:7 I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me

and dug a pit to trap me. ¹⁰ 

Mazmur 44:15

44:15 All day long I feel humiliated ¹¹ 

and am overwhelmed with shame, ¹² 

Mazmur 56:5

56:5 All day long they cause me trouble; ¹³ 

they make a habit of plotting my demise. ¹⁴ 

Mazmur 63:9

63:9 Enemies seek to destroy my life, ¹⁵ 

but they will descend into the depths of the earth. ¹⁶ 

Mazmur 66:20

66:20 God deserves praise, ¹⁷ 

for ¹⁸  he did not reject my prayer

or abandon his love for me! ¹⁹ 

Mazmur 71:5

71:5 For you give me confidence, ²⁰  O Lord;

O Lord, I have trusted in you since I was young. ²¹ 

Mazmur 89:29

89:29 I will give him an eternal dynasty, ²² 

and make his throne as enduring as the skies above. ²³ 

Mazmur 94:19

94:19 When worries threaten to overwhelm me, ²⁴ 

your soothing touch makes me happy. ²⁵ 

Mazmur 119:41

ו (Vav)

119:41 May I experience your loyal love, ²⁶  O Lord,

and your deliverance, ²⁷  as you promised. ²⁸ 

Mazmur 119:53

119:53 Rage takes hold of me because of the wicked,

those who reject your law.

Mazmur 119:111

119:111 I claim your rules as my permanent possession,

for they give me joy. ²⁹ 

Mazmur 119:140

119:140 Your word is absolutely pure,

and your servant loves it!

Mazmur 123:1

Psalm 123 ³⁰ 

A song of ascents. ³¹ 

123:1 I look up ³²  toward you,

the one enthroned ³³  in heaven.

Mazmur 132:16

132:16 I will protect her priests, ³⁴ 

and her godly people will shout exuberantly. ³⁵ 

Mazmur 135:5

135:5 Yes, ³⁶  I know the Lord is great,

and our Lord is superior to all gods.

Mazmur 144:1

Psalm 144 ³⁷ 

By David.

144:1 The Lord, my protector, ³⁸  deserves praise ³⁹  –

the one who trains my hands for battle, ⁴⁰ 

and my fingers for war,

[2:6]  ¹ tn The first person pronoun appears before the first person verbal form for emphasis, reflected in the translation by “myself.”

[2:6]  ² tn Or perhaps “consecrated.”

[3:2]  ³ tn Heb “there is no deliverance for him in God.”

[3:2]  ⁴ sn The function of the Hebrew term סֶלָה (selah), transliterated here “Selah,” is uncertain. It may be a musical direction of some kind.

[6:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “my being is very terrified.” The suffixed form of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being”) is often equivalent to a pronoun in poetic texts.

[6:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “and you, Lord, how long?” The suffering psalmist speaks in broken syntax. He addresses God, but then simply cries out with a brief, but poignant, question: How long will this (= his suffering) continue?

[22:13]  ⁷ tn “They” refers to the psalmist’s enemies, who in the previous verse are described as “powerful bulls.”

[22:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “they open against me their mouth[s].” To “open the mouth against” is a Hebrew idiom associated with eating and swallowing (see Ezek 2:8; Lam 2:16).

[22:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “a lion ripping and roaring.”

[35:7]  ¹⁰ tc Heb “for without cause they hid for me a pit of their net, without cause they dug for my life.” It appears that the words “pit” and “net” have been transposed. “Net” goes with the verb “hid” in the first line (see v. 8, as well as Pss 9:15; 31:4), while “pit” goes with the verb “dug” in the second line (see Ps 7:15).

[44:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “all the day my humiliation [is] in front of me.”

[44:15]  ¹² tn Heb “and the shame of my face covers me.”

[56:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “my affairs they disturb.” For other instances of דָּבָר (davar) meaning “affairs, business,” see BDB 183 s.v.. The Piel of עָצַב (’atsav, “to hurt”) occurs only here and in Isa 63:10, where it is used of “grieving” (or “offending”) the Lord’s holy Spirit. Here in Ps 56:5, the verb seems to carry the nuance “disturb, upset,” in the sense of “cause trouble.”

[56:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “against me [are] all their thoughts for harm.”

[63:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “but they for destruction seek my life.” The pronoun “they” must refer here to the psalmist’s enemies, referred to at this point for the first time in the psalm.

[63:9]  ¹⁶ sn The depths of the earth refers here to the underworld dwelling place of the dead (see Ezek 26:20; 31:14, 16, 18; 32:18, 24). See L. I. J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World, 167.

[66:20]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “blessed [be] God.”

[66:20]  ¹⁸ tn Or “who.” In a blessing formula after בָּרוּךְ (barukh, “blessed be”) the form אֲשֶׁר (’asher), whether taken as a relative pronoun or causal particle, introduces the basis for the blessing/praise.

[66:20]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “did not turn aside my prayer and his loyal love with me.”

[71:5]  ²⁰ tn Heb “for you [are] my hope.”

[71:5]  ²¹ tn Heb “O Lord, my source of confidence from my youth.”

[89:29]  ²² tn Heb “and I will set in place forever his offspring.”

[89:29]  ²³ tn Heb “and his throne like the days of the heavens.”

[94:19]  ²⁴ tn Heb “when my worries are many within me.”

[94:19]  ²⁵ tn Heb “your comforts cause my soul to delight.”

[119:41]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and may your loyal love come to me.”

[119:41]  ²⁷ tn Or “salvation” (so many English versions).

[119:41]  ²⁸ tn Heb “according to your word.”

[119:111]  ²⁹ tn Heb “for the joy of my heart [are] they.”

[123:1]  ³⁰ sn Psalm 123. The psalmist, speaking for God’s people, acknowledges his dependence on God in the midst of a crisis.

[123:1]  ³¹ sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.

[123:1]  ³² tn Heb “I lift my eyes.”

[123:1]  ³³ tn Heb “sitting.” The Hebrew verb יָשַׁב (yashav) is here used metonymically of “sitting enthroned” (see Pss 9:7; 29:10; 55:19; 102:12).

[132:16]  ³⁴ tn Heb “and her priests I will clothe [with] deliverance.”

[132:16]  ³⁵ tn Heb “[with] shouting they will shout.” The infinitive absolute is used to emphasize the verb.

[135:5]  ³⁶ tn Or “for.”

[144:1]  ³⁷ sn Psalm 144. The psalmist expresses his confidence in God, asks for a mighty display of divine intervention in an upcoming battle, and anticipates God’s rich blessings on the nation in the aftermath of military victory.

[144:1]  ³⁸ tn Heb “my rocky summit.” The Lord is compared to a rocky summit where one can find protection from enemies. See Ps 18:2.

[144:1]  ³⁹ tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord, my rocky summit.”

[144:1]  ⁴⁰ sn The one who trains my hands for battle. The psalmist attributes his skill with weapons to divine enablement (see Ps 18:34). Egyptian reliefs picture gods teaching the king how to shoot a bow. See O. Keel, The Symbolism of the Biblical World, 265.