Mazmur 35:11

35:11 Violent men perjure themselves, ¹ 

and falsely accuse me. ² 

Mazmur 50:11

50:11 I keep track of ³  every bird in the hills,

and the insects ⁴  of the field are mine.

Mazmur 119:75

119:75 I know, Lord, that your regulations ⁵  are just.

You disciplined me because of your faithful devotion to me. ⁶ 

[35:11]  ¹ tn Heb “witnesses of violence rise up.”

[35:11]  ² tn Heb “[that] which I do not know they ask me.”

[50:11]  ³ tn Heb “I know.”

[50:11]  ⁴ tn The precise referent of the Hebrew word, which occurs only here and in Ps 80:13, is uncertain. Aramaic, Arabic and Akkadian cognates refer to insects, such as locusts or crickets.

[119:75]  ⁵ tn In this context (note the second line) the Hebrew term מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishpatim), which so often refers to the regulations of God’s law elsewhere in this psalm, may refer instead to his decisions or disciplinary judgment.

[119:75]  ⁶ tn Heb “and [in] faithfulness you afflicted me.”