Mazmur 85:12

85:12 Yes, the Lord will bestow his good blessings, ¹ 

and our land will yield ²  its crops.

Mazmur 106:32

106:32 They made him angry by the waters of Meribah,

and Moses suffered ³  because of them,

Mazmur 59:3

59:3 For look, they wait to ambush me; ⁴ 

powerful men stalk ⁵  me,

but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord. ⁶ 

[85:12]  ¹ tn Heb “what is good.”

[85:12]  ² tn Both “bestow” and “yield” translate the same Hebrew verb (נָתַן, natan). The repetition of the word emphasizes that agricultural prosperity is the direct result of divine blessing.

[106:32]  ³ tn Heb “there was harm to Moses.”

[59:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “my life.”

[59:3]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew verb is from the root גּוּר (gur), which means “to challenge, attack” in Isa 54:15 and “to stalk” (with hostile intent) in Ps 56:8.

[59:3]  ⁶ sn The point is that the psalmist’s enemies have no justifiable reason for attacking him. He has neither rebelled or sinned against the Lord.