Mazmur 34:16

34:16 But the Lord opposes evildoers

and wipes out all memory of them from the earth. ¹ 

Mazmur 145:7

145:7 They will talk about the fame of your great kindness, ² 

and sing about your justice. ³ 

[34:16]  ¹ tn Heb “the face of the Lord [is] against the doers of evil to cut off from the earth memory of them.”

[145:7]  ² tn Heb “the fame of the greatness of your goodness.”

[145:7]  ³ tn The prefixed verbal forms in v. 7 are understood as imperfects, indicating how the psalmist expects his audience to respond to his praise. Another option is to take the forms as jussives, indicating the psalmist’s wish, “may they talk…and sing.”