16:11 You lead me in 1 the path of life; 2
I experience absolute joy in your presence; 3
you always give me sheer delight. 4
50:23 Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me. 5
To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver.” 6
45:17 Israel will be delivered once and for all by the Lord; 7
you will never again be ashamed or humiliated. 8
2:30 For my eyes have seen your salvation 9
3:6 and all humanity 10 will see the salvation of God.’” 11
1 tn Heb “cause me to know”; or “cause me to experience.”
2 tn This is a metaphorical way of saying, “you preserve my life.” The phrase “path of life” stands in contrast to death/Sheol in Prov 2:18-19; 5:5-6; 15:24.
3 tn Heb “abundance of joy [is] with your face.” The plural form of the noun שִׂמְחָה (simkhah, “joy”) occurs only here and in Ps 45:15. It may emphasize the degree of joy experienced.
4 tn Heb “delight [is] in your right hand forever.” The plural form of the adjective נָעִים (na’im, “pleasant, delightful”) may here emphasize the degree of delight experienced (see Job 36:11).
5 sn The reference to a thank-offering recalls the earlier statement made in v. 14. Gratitude characterizes genuine worship.
6 tn Heb “and [to one who] sets a way I will show the deliverance of God.” Elsewhere the phrase “set a way” simply means “to travel” (see Gen 30:36; cf. NRSV). The present translation assumes an emendation of וְשָׂם דֶּרֶךְ (vÿsam derekh) to וְשֹׁמֵר דְּרָכַּי (vÿshomer dÿrakhay, “and [the one who] keeps my ways” [i.e., commands, see Pss 18:21; 37:34). Another option is to read וְשֹׁמֵר דַּרְכּוֹ (vÿshomer darko, “and [the one who] guards his way,” i.e., “the one who is careful to follow a godly lifestyle”; see Ps 39:1).
7 tn Heb “Israel will be delivered by the Lord [with] a permanent deliverance.”
8 tn Heb “you will not be ashamed and you will not be humiliated for ages of future time.”
9 sn To see Jesus, the Messiah, is to see God’s salvation.
10 tn Grk “all flesh.”
11 sn A quotation from Isa 40:3-5. Though all the synoptic gospels use this citation from Isaiah, only Luke cites the material of vv. 5-6. His goal may well be to get to the declaration of v. 6, where all humanity (i.e., all nations) see God’s salvation (see also Luke 24:47).