20:4 May he grant your heart’s desire; 1
may he bring all your plans to pass! 2
33:4 For 3 the Lord’s decrees 4 are just, 5
and everything he does is fair. 6
51:9 Hide your face 7 from my sins!
Wipe away 8 all my guilt!
69:34 Let the heavens and the earth praise him,
along with the seas and everything that swims in them!
75:10 God says, 9
“I will bring down all the power of the wicked;
the godly will be victorious.” 10
78:14 He led them with a cloud by day,
and with the light of a fire all night long.
88:7 Your anger bears down on me,
and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah)
107:42 When the godly see this, they rejoice,
and every sinner 11 shuts his mouth.
148:7 Praise the Lord from the earth,
you sea creatures and all you ocean depths,
1 tn Heb “may he give to you according to your heart.” This probably refers to the king’s prayer for protection and victory in battle. See vv. 5-6.
2 sn May he bring all your plans to pass. This probably refers to the king’s strategy for battle.
3 sn For the
4 tn Heb “word.” In this context, which depicts the
5 tn Or “upright.”
6 tn Heb “and all his work [is] in faithfulness.”
5 sn In this context Hide your face from my sins means “Do not hold me accountable for my sins.”
6 tn See the note on the similar expression “wipe away my rebellious acts” in v. 1.
7 tn The words “God says” are not in the Hebrew text. They are supplied in the translation to clarify that God speaks in v. 10.
8 tn Heb “and all the horns of the wicked I will cut off, the horns of the godly will be lifted up.” The imagery of the wild ox’s horn is once more utilized (see vv. 4-5).
9 tn Heb “all evil,” which stands metonymically for those who do evil.