119:151 You are near, O Lord,
and all your commands are reliable. 1
85:9 Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; 2
then his splendor will again appear in our land. 3
145:18 The Lord is near all who cry out to him,
all who cry out to him sincerely. 4
34:18 The Lord is near the brokenhearted;
he delivers 5 those who are discouraged. 6
1 tn Or “truth.”
2 tn Heb “certainly his deliverance [is] near to those who fear him.”
3 tn Heb “to dwell, glory, in our land.” “Glory” is the subject of the infinitive. The infinitive with -לְ (lÿ), “to dwell,” probably indicates result here (“then”). When God delivers his people and renews his relationship with them, he will once more reveal his royal splendor in the land.
3 tn Heb “in truth.”
4 tn The Hebrew imperfect verbal form highlights the generalizing statement and draws attention to the fact that the
5 tn Heb “the crushed in spirit.”