22:26 Let the oppressed eat and be filled! 1
Let those who seek his help praise the Lord!
May you 2 live forever!
59:15 They wander around looking for something to eat;
they refuse to sleep until they are full. 3
63:5 As if with choice meat 4 you satisfy my soul. 5
My mouth joyfully praises you, 6
65:4 How blessed 7 is the one whom you choose,
and allow to live in your palace courts. 8
May we be satisfied with the good things of your house –
your holy palace. 9
1 sn Eat and be filled. In addition to praising the Lord, the psalmist also offers a thank offering to the Lord and invites others to share in a communal meal.
2 tn Heb “may your heart[s].”
3 tn Heb “if they are not full, they stay through the night.”
5 tn Heb “like fat and fatness.”
6 tn Or “me.”
7 tn Heb “and [with] lips of joy my mouth praises.”
7 tn The Hebrew noun is an abstract plural. The word often refers metonymically to the happiness that God-given security and prosperity produce (see Pss 1:1; 2:12; 34:9; 41:1; 84:12; 89:15; 106:3; 112:1; 127:5; 128:1; 144:15).
8 tn Heb “[whom] you bring near [so that] he might live [in] your courts.”
9 tn Or “temple.”