Psalms 25:5

25:5 Guide me into your truth ¹  and teach me.

For you are the God who delivers me;

on you I rely all day long.

Psalms 37:34

37:34 Rely ²  on the Lord! Obey his commands! ³ 

Then he will permit you ⁴  to possess the land;

you will see the demise of evil men. ⁵ 

Psalms 52:9

52:9 I will continually ⁶  thank you when ⁷  you execute judgment; ⁸ 

I will rely ⁹  on you, ¹⁰  for your loyal followers know you are good. ¹¹ 

Psalms 56:6

56:6 They stalk ¹²  and lurk; ¹³ 

they watch my every step, ¹⁴ 

as ¹⁵  they prepare to take my life. ¹⁶ 

Psalms 69:20

69:20 Their insults are painful ¹⁷  and make me lose heart; ¹⁸ 

I look ¹⁹  for sympathy, but receive none, ²⁰ 

for comforters, but find none.

¹ sn The Lord’s commandments are referred to as truth here because they are a trustworthy and accurate expression of the divine will.

² tn Or “wait.”

³ tn Heb “keep his way.” The Lord’s “way” refers here to the “conduct required” by the Lord. In Ps 25 the Lord’s “ways” are associated with his covenantal demands (see vv. 4, 9-10). See also Ps 119:3 (cf. vv. 1, 4), as well as Deut 8:6; 10:12; 11:22; 19:9; 26:17; 28:9; 30:16.

⁴ tn Heb “and he will lift you up.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) is best taken here as a result clause following the imperatives in the preceding lines.

⁵ tn Heb “when evil men are cut off you will see.”

³ tn Or, hyperbolically, “forever.”

⁴ tn Or “for.”

⁵ tn Heb “you have acted.” The perfect verbal form (1) probably indicates a future perfect here. The psalmist promises to give thanks when the expected vindication has been accomplished. Other options include (2) a generalizing (“for you act”) or (3) rhetorical (“for you will act”) use.

⁶ tn Or “wait.”

⁷ tn Heb “your name.” God’s “name” refers here to his reputation and revealed character.

⁸ tn Heb “for it is good in front of your loyal followers.”

⁴ tn The verb is from the root גּוּר (gur), which means “to challenge, attack” in Isa 54:15 and “to stalk” (with hostile intent) in Ps 59:3.

⁵ tn Or “hide.”

⁶ tn Heb “my heels.”

⁷ tn Heb “according to,” in the sense of “inasmuch as; since,” or “when; while.”

⁸ tn Heb “they wait [for] my life.”

⁵ tn Heb “break my heart.” The “heart” is viewed here as the origin of the psalmist’s emotions.

⁶ tn The verb form appears to be a Qal preterite from an otherwise unattested root נוּשׁ (nush), which some consider an alternate form of אָנַשׁ (’anash, “be weak; be sick”; see BDB 60 s.v. I אָנַשׁ). Perhaps the form should be emended to a Niphal, וָאֵאָנְשָׁה (va’e’onshah, “and I am sick”). The Niphal of אָנַשׁ occurs in 2 Sam 12:15, where it is used to describe David’s sick child.

⁷ tn Heb “wait.”

⁸ tn Heb “and I wait for sympathy, but there is none.” The form נוּד (nud) is an infinitive functioning as a verbal noun:, “sympathizing.” Some suggest emending the form to a participle נָד (nad, “one who shows sympathy”). The verb נוּד (nud) also has the nuance “show sympathy” in Job 2:11; 42:11 and Isa 51:19.