118:20 This is the Lord’s gate –
the godly enter through it.
22:31 They will come and tell about his saving deeds; 1
they will tell a future generation what he has accomplished. 2
63:9 Enemies seek to destroy my life, 3
but they will descend into the depths of the earth. 4
65:2 You hear prayers; 5
all people approach you. 6
69:27 Hold them accountable for all their sins! 7
Do not vindicate them! 8
1 tn Heb “his righteousness.” Here the noun צִדָקָה (tsidaqah) refers to the Lord’s saving deeds whereby he vindicates the oppressed.
2 tn Heb “to a people [to be] born that he has acted.” The words “they will tell” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
1 tn Heb “but they for destruction seek my life.” The pronoun “they” must refer here to the psalmist’s enemies, referred to at this point for the first time in the psalm.
2 sn The depths of the earth refers here to the underworld dwelling place of the dead (see Ezek 26:20; 31:14, 16, 18; 32:18, 24). See L. I. J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World, 167.
1 tn Heb “O one who hears prayer.”
2 tn Heb “to you all flesh comes.”
1 tn Heb “place sin upon their sin.”
2 tn Heb “let them not come into your vindication.”