Mazmur 4:5

4:5 Offer the prescribed sacrifices ¹ 

and trust in the Lord! ² 

Mazmur 8:7

8:7 including all the sheep and cattle,

as well as the wild animals, ³ 

Mazmur 38:22

38:22 Hurry and help me, ⁴  O Lord, my deliverer!

Mazmur 89:44

89:44 You have brought to an end his splendor, ⁵ 

and have knocked ⁶  his throne to the ground.

Mazmur 89:52

89:52 ⁷ The Lord deserves praise ⁸  forevermore!

We agree! We agree! ⁹ 

Mazmur 108:2

108:2 Awake, O stringed instrument and harp!

I will wake up at dawn! ¹⁰ 

Mazmur 60:1

Psalm 60 ¹¹ 

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; ¹²  a prayer ¹³  of David written to instruct others. ¹⁴  It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down ¹⁵  12,000 Edomites ¹⁶  in the Valley of Salt. ¹⁷ 

60:1 O God, you have rejected us. ¹⁸ 

You suddenly turned on us in your anger. ¹⁹ 

Please restore us! ²⁰ 

[4:5]  ¹ tn Or “proper, right.” The phrase also occurs in Deut 33:19 and Ps 51:19.

[4:5]  ² sn Trust in the Lord. The psalmist urges his enemies to make peace with God and become his followers.

[8:7]  ³ tn Heb “and also the beasts of the field.”

[38:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “hurry to my help.” See Ps 22:19.

[89:44]  ⁵ tc The Hebrew text appears to read, “you have brought to an end from his splendor,” but the form מִטְּהָרוֹ (mittÿharo) should be slightly emended (the daghesh should be removed from the tet [ת]) and read simply “his splendor” (the initial mem [מ] is not the preposition, but a nominal prefix).

[89:44]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew verb מָגַר (magar) occurs only here and perhaps in Ezek 21:17.

[89:52]  ⁷ sn The final verse of Ps 89, v. 52, is a conclusion to this third “book” (or major editorial division) of the Psalter. Similar statements appear at or near the end of each of the first, second and fourth “books” of the Psalter (see Pss 41:13; 72:18-19; 106:48, respectively).

[89:52]  ⁸ tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21.

[89:52]  ⁹ tn Heb “surely and surely” (אָמֵן וְאָמֵן [’amen vÿ’amen], i.e., “Amen and amen”). This is probably a congregational response to the immediately preceding statement about the propriety of praising God; thus it has been translated “We agree! We agree!”

[108:2]  ¹⁰ tn BDB 1007 s.v. שַׁחַר takes “dawn” as an adverbial accusative, though others understand it as a personified direct object. “Dawn” is used metaphorically for the time of deliverance and vindication the psalmist anticipates. When salvation “dawns,” the psalmist will “wake up” in praise.

[60:1]  ¹¹ sn Psalm 60. The psalmist grieves over Israel’s humiliation, but in response to God’s assuring word, he asks for divine help in battle and expresses his confidence in victory.

[60:1]  ¹² tn The Hebrew expression means “lily of the testimony.” It may refer to a particular music style or to a tune title.

[60:1]  ¹³ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word מִכְתָּם (miktam), which also appears in the heading to Pss 16, 56-59, is uncertain. HALOT 582-83 s.v. defines it as “inscription.”

[60:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to teach.”

[60:1]  ¹⁵ tn In Josh 8:21 and Judg 20:48 the two verbs “turn back” and “strike down” are also juxtaposed. There they refer to a military counter-attack.

[60:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “12,000 of Edom.” Perhaps one should read אֲרַם (’aram, “Aram”) here rather than אֱדוֹם (’edom, “Edom”).

[60:1]  ¹⁷ sn The heading apparently refers to the military campaign recorded in 2 Sam 10 and 1 Chr 19.

[60:1]  ¹⁸ sn You have rejected us. See Pss 43:2; 44:9, 23.

[60:1]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “you broke out upon us, you were angry.”

[60:1]  ²⁰ tn The imperfect verbal form here expresses the psalmist’s wish or prayer.