Mazmur 37:34

37:34 Rely ¹  on the Lord! Obey his commands! ² 

Then he will permit you ³  to possess the land;

you will see the demise of evil men. ⁴ 

Mazmur 59:5

59:5 You, O Lord God, the invincible warrior, ⁵  the God of Israel,

rouse yourself and punish ⁶  all the nations!

Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah)

Mazmur 84:10

84:10 Certainly ⁷  spending just one day in your temple courts is better

than spending a thousand elsewhere. ⁸ 

I would rather stand at the entrance ⁹  to the temple of my God

than live ¹⁰  in the tents of the wicked.

[37:34]  ¹ tn Or “wait.”

[37:34]  ² tn Heb “keep his way.” The Lord’s “way” refers here to the “conduct required” by the Lord. In Ps 25 the Lord’s “ways” are associated with his covenantal demands (see vv. 4, 9-10). See also Ps 119:3 (cf. vv. 1, 4), as well as Deut 8:6; 10:12; 11:22; 19:9; 26:17; 28:9; 30:16.

[37:34]  ³ tn Heb “and he will lift you up.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) is best taken here as a result clause following the imperatives in the preceding lines.

[37:34]  ⁴ tn Heb “when evil men are cut off you will see.”

[59:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “Lord, God, Hosts.” One expects the construct form אֱלֹהֵי (’elohey) before צְבָאוֹת (tsÿva’ot, “hosts”). See Ps 89:9, but יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים (yÿhvah ’elohim) precedes צְבָאוֹת (tsÿva’ot) in Pss 80:4, 19; 84:8 as well.

[59:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “wake up to punish” (see Pss 35:23; 44:23).

[84:10]  ⁷ tn Or “for.”

[84:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “better is a day in your courts than a thousand [spent elsewhere].”

[84:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “I choose being at the entrance of the house of my God over living in the tents of the wicked.” The verb סָפַף (safaf) appears only here in the OT; it is derived from the noun סַף (saf, “threshold”). Traditionally some have interpreted this as a reference to being a doorkeeper at the temple, though some understand it to mean “lie as a beggar at the entrance to the temple” (see HALOT 765 s.v. ספף).

[84:10]  ¹⁰ tn The verb דּוּר (dur, “to live”) occurs only here in the OT.