Mazmur 5:12

5:12 Certainly ¹  you reward ²  the godly, ³  Lord.

Like a shield you protect ⁴  them ⁵  in your good favor. ⁶ 

Mazmur 35:18

35:18 Then I will give you thanks in the great assembly; ⁷ 

I will praise you before a large crowd of people! ⁸ 

Mazmur 86:5

86:5 Certainly ⁹  O Lord, you are kind ¹⁰  and forgiving,

and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.

[5:12]  ¹ tn Or “For.”

[5:12]  ² tn Or “bless.” The imperfect verbal forms here and in the next line highlight how God characteristically rewards and protects the godly.

[5:12]  ³ tn Or “innocent.” The singular form is used here in a collective or representative sense.

[5:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “surround.” In 1 Sam 23:26 the verb describes how Saul and his men hemmed David in as they chased him.

[5:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “him.” The singular form is used here in a collective or representative sense and is thus translated “them.”

[5:12]  ⁶ tn Or “with favor” (cf. NRSV). There is no preposition before the noun in the Hebrew text, nor is there a pronoun attached. “Favor” here stands by metonymy for God’s defensive actions on behalf of the one whom he finds acceptable.

[35:18]  ⁷ sn The great assembly is also mentioned in Ps 22:25.

[35:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “among numerous people.”

[86:5]  ⁹ tn Or “for.”

[86:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “good.”