Joshua 10:8

10:8 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. 1  Not one of them can resist you.” 2 

Psalms 27:1-2

Psalm 27 3 

By David.

27:1 The Lord delivers and vindicates me! 4 

I fear no one! 5 

The Lord protects my life!

I am afraid of no one! 6 

27:2 When evil men attack me 7 

to devour my flesh, 8 

when my adversaries and enemies attack me, 9 

they stumble and fall. 10 

Psalms 46:11

46:11 The Lord who commands armies is on our side! 11 

The God of Jacob 12  is our protector! 13  (Selah)

1 tn Heb “I have given them into your hand.” The verbal form is a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of the action.

2 tn Heb “and not a man [or “one”] of them will stand before you.”

3 sn Psalm 27. The author is confident of the Lord’s protection and asks the Lord to vindicate him.

4 tn Heb “the Lord [is] my light and my deliverance.” “Light” is often used as a metaphor for deliverance and the life/blessings it brings. See Pss 37:6; 97:11; 112:4; Isa 49:6; 51:4; Mic 7:8. Another option is that “light” refers here to divine guidance (see Ps 43:3).

5 tn Heb “Whom shall I fear?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “No one!”

6 tn Heb “Of whom shall I be afraid?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “No one!”

7 tn Heb “draw near to me.”

8 sn To devour my flesh. The psalmist compares his enemies to dangerous, hungry predators (see 2 Kgs 9:36; Ezek 39:17).

9 tn Heb “my adversaries and my enemies against me.” The verb “draw near” (that is, “attack”) is understood by ellipsis; see the previous line.

10 tn The Hebrew verbal forms are perfects. The translation assumes the psalmist is generalizing here, but another option is to take this as a report of past experience, “when evil men attacked me…they stumbled and fell.”

11 tn Heb “the Lord of hosts is with us.” The title “Lord of hosts” here pictures the Lord as a mighty warrior-king who leads armies into battle (see Ps 24:10). The military imagery is further developed in vv. 8-9.

12 tn That is, Israel, or Judah (see Ps 20:1).

13 tn Heb “our elevated place” (see Pss 9:9; 18:2).