10:16 The Lord rules forever! 1
The nations are driven out of his land. 2
11:3 When the foundations 3 are destroyed,
what can the godly 4 accomplish?” 5
18:23 I was innocent before him,
and kept myself from sinning. 6
31:6 I hate those who serve worthless idols, 7
but I trust in the Lord.
37:26 All day long he shows compassion and lends to others, 8
and his children 9 are blessed.
52:6 When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe,
and will mock the evildoer, saying: 10
65:6 You created the mountains by your power, 11
and demonstrated your strength. 12
Written by the Korahites; a psalm, a song.
87:1 The Lord’s city is in the holy hills. 14
106:31 This brought him a reward,
an eternal gift. 15
106:33 for they aroused 16 his temper, 17
and he spoke rashly. 18
112:6 For he will never be upended;
others will always remember one who is just. 19
116:10 I had faith when I said,
“I am severely oppressed.”
116:15 The Lord values
the lives of his faithful followers. 20
135:19 O family 21 of Israel, praise the Lord!
O family of Aaron, praise the Lord!
136:21 and gave their land as an inheritance,
for his loyal love endures,
1 tn Heb “the
2 tn Or “the nations perish from his land.” The perfect verb form may express what is typical or it may express rhetorically the psalmist’s certitude that God’s deliverance is “as good as done.”
3 tn The precise meaning of this rare word is uncertain. An Ugaritic cognate is used of the “bottom” or “base” of a cliff or mountain (see G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 47, 159). The noun appears in postbiblical Hebrew with the meaning “foundation” (see Jastrow 1636 s.v. שָׁת).
4 tn The singular form is used here in a collective or representative sense. Note the plural form “pure [of heart]” in the previous verse.
5 sn The quotation of the advisers’ words (which begins in 11:1c) ends at this point. They advise the psalmist to flee because the enemy is poised to launch a deadly attack. In such a lawless and chaotic situation godly people like the psalmist can accomplish nothing, so they might as well retreat to a safe place.
5 tn Heb “from my sin,” that is, from making it my own in any way.
7 tn Heb “the ones who observe vain things of falsehood.” See Jonah 2:9.
9 tn The active participles describe characteristic behavior.
10 tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”
11 tn Heb “and the godly will see and will fear and at him will laugh.”
13 tn Heb “[the] one who establishes [the] mountains by his power.”
14 tn Heb “one [who] is girded with strength”; or “one [who] girds himself with strength.”
15 sn Psalm 87. The psalmist celebrates the Lord’s presence in Zion and the special status of its citizens.
16 tn Heb “his foundation [is] in the hills of holiness.” The expression “his foundation” refers here by metonymy to the
17 tn Heb “and it was reckoned to him for righteousness, to a generation and a generation forever.” The verb חָשַׁב (khashav, “to reckon”) is collocated with צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah, “righteousness”) only in Ps 106:31 and Gen 15:6, where God rewards Abram’s faith with a land grant.
19 tn The Hebrew text vocalizes the form as הִמְרוּ (himru), a Hiphil from מָרָה (marah, “to behave rebelliously”), but the verb fits better with the object (“his spirit”) if it is revocalized as הֵמֵרוּ (hemeru), a Hiphil from מָרַר (marar, “to be bitter”). The Israelites “embittered” Moses’ “spirit” in the sense that they aroused his temper with their complaints.
20 tn Heb “his spirit.”
21 tn The Hebrew text adds “with his lips,” but this has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
21 tn Heb “for an eternal memorial a just [one] will be.”
23 tn Heb “precious in the eyes of the
25 tn Heb “house” (here and in the next two lines).