85:11 Faithfulness grows from the ground,
and deliverance looks down from the sky. 1
35:1 Let the desert and dry region be happy; 2
let the wilderness 3 rejoice and bloom like a lily!
35:2 Let it richly bloom; 4
let it rejoice and shout with delight! 5
It is given the grandeur 6 of Lebanon,
the splendor of Carmel and Sharon.
They will see the grandeur of the Lord,
the splendor of our God.
1 sn The psalmist already sees undeniable signs of God’s faithfulness and expects deliverance to arrive soon.
2 tn The final mem (ם) on the verb יְשֻׂשׂוּם (yÿsusum) is dittographic (note the initial mem on the following noun מִדְבָּר [midbar]). The ambiguous verbal form is translated as a jussive because it is parallel to the jussive form תָגֵל (tagel). The jussive is used rhetorically here, not as a literal command or prayer.
3 tn Or “Arabah” (NASB); NAB, NIV, TEV “desert.”
4 tn The ambiguous verb form תִּפְרַח (tifrakh) is translated as a jussive because it is parallel to the jussive form תָגֵל (tagel).
5 tn Heb “and let it rejoice, yes [with] rejoicing and shouting.” גִּילַת (gilat) may be an archaic feminine nominal form (see GKC 421 §130.b).
6 tn Or “glory” (KJV, NIV, NRSV); also a second time later in this verse.