Yesaya 43:10

43:10 You are my witnesses,” says the Lord,

“my servant whom I have chosen,

so that you may consider ¹  and believe in me,

and understand that I am he.

No god was formed before me,

and none will outlive me. ² 

Mazmur 3:1

Psalm 3 ³ 

A psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom. ⁴ 

3:1 Lord, how ⁵  numerous are my enemies!

Many attack me. ⁶ 

Mazmur 18:32

18:32 The one true God ⁷  gives ⁸  me strength; ⁹ 

he removes ¹⁰  the obstacles in my way. ¹¹ 

Yesaya 25:9

25:9 At that time they will say, ¹² 

“Look, here ¹³  is our God!

We waited for him and he delivered us.

Here ¹⁴  is the Lord! We waited for him.

Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”

Yesaya 64:4

64:4 Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, ¹⁵ 

no eye has seen any God besides you,

who intervenes for those who wait for him.

[43:10]  ¹ tn Or “know” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[43:10]  ² tn Heb “and after me, there will not be”; NASB “there will be none after Me.”

[3:1]  ³ sn Psalm 3. The psalmist acknowledges that he is confronted by many enemies (vv. 1-2). But, alluding to a divine oracle he has received (vv. 4-5), he affirms his confidence in God’s ability to protect him (vv. 3, 6) and requests that God make his promise a reality (vv. 7-8).

[3:1]  ⁴ sn According to Jewish tradition, David offered this prayer when he was forced to flee from Jerusalem during his son Absalom’s attempted coup (see 2 Sam 15:13-17).

[3:1]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term מָה (mah, “how”) is used here as an adverbial exclamation (see BDB 553 s.v.).

[3:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “many rise up against me.”

[18:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “the God.” The prefixed article emphasizes the Lord’s distinctiveness as the one true God (cf. Deut 33:26). See v. 30.

[18:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “is the one who clothes.” For similar language see 1 Sam 2:4; Pss 65:6; 93:1. The psalmist employs a generalizing hymnic style in vv. 32-34; he uses participles in vv. 32a, 33a, and 34a to describe what God characteristically does on his behalf.

[18:32]  ⁹ tn 2 Sam 22:33 reads, “the God is my strong refuge.”

[18:32]  sn Gives me strength. As the following context makes clear, this refers to physical and emotional strength for battle (see especially v. 39).

[18:32]  ¹⁰ tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive here carries along the generalizing force of the preceding participle.

[18:32]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he made my path smooth.” The Hebrew term תָּמִים (tamim, “smooth”) usually carries a moral or ethical connotation, “blameless, innocent.” However, in Ps 18:33 it refers to a pathway free of obstacles. The reality underlying the metaphor is the psalmist’s ability to charge into battle without tripping (see vv. 33, 36).

[25:9]  ¹² tn Heb “and one will say in that day.”

[25:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “this [one].”

[25:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “this [one].”

[64:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “from ancient times they have not heard, they have not listened.”