Mazmur 39:9

39:9 I am silent and cannot open my mouth

because of what you have done. ¹ 

Mazmur 59:10

59:10 The God who loves me will help me; ² 

God will enable me to triumph over ³  my enemies. ⁴ 

Mazmur 89:35

89:35 Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness,

I will never deceive ⁵  David.

Mazmur 119:78

119:78 May the arrogant be humiliated, for they have slandered me! ⁶ 

But I meditate on your precepts.

[39:9]  ¹ tn Heb “because you acted.” The psalmist has in mind God’s disciplinary measures (see vv. 10-13).

[59:10]  ² tn Heb “the God of my [Qere (marginal reading); the Kethib (consonantal text) has “his”] loyal love will meet me.”

[59:10]  ³ tn Heb “will cause me to look upon.”

[59:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 54:5; 56:2.

[89:35]  ⁵ tn Or “lie to.”

[119:78]  ⁶ tn Heb “for [with] falsehood they have denied me justice.”