Mazmur 92:4

92:4 For you, O Lord, have made me happy by your work.

I will sing for joy because of what you have done. ¹ 

Mazmur 92:10-15

92:10 You exalt my horn like that of a wild ox. ² 

I am covered ³  with fresh oil.

92:11 I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; ⁴ 

I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me. ⁵ 

92:12 The godly ⁶  grow like a palm tree;

they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon. ⁷ 

92:13 Planted in the Lord’s house,

they grow in the courts of our God.

92:14 They bear fruit even when they are old;

they are filled with vitality and have many leaves. ⁸ 

92:15 So they proclaim that the Lord, my protector,

is just and never unfair. ⁹ 

[92:4]  ¹ tn Heb “the works of your hands.”

[92:10]  ² sn The horn of the wild ox is frequently a metaphor for military strength; the idiom “to exalt/lift up the horn” signifies military victory (see 1 Sam 2:10; Pss 75:10; 89:24; Lam 2:17).

[92:10]  ³ tn The Hebrew verb בָּלַל (balal) usually has the nuance “to mix.” Here it seems to mean “to smear” or “to anoint.” Some emend the form to בַּלֹּתַנִי (ballotaniy; a second person form of the verb with a first person suffix) and read, “you anoint me.”

[92:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “my eye gazes upon those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 56:2. The form שׁוּרָי (shuray) should be emended to שׁוֹרְרָי (shorÿray).

[92:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “those who rise up against me, evil [foes], my ears hear.”

[92:12]  ⁶ tn The singular is used in a representative sense, with the typical godly person being in view.

[92:12]  ⁷ sn The cedars of the Lebanon forest were well-known in ancient Israel for their immense size.

[92:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “they are juicy and fresh.”

[92:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “so that [they] proclaim that upright [is] the Lord, my rocky summit, and there is no injustice in him.”