27:5 He will surely 1 give me shelter 2 in the day of danger; 3
he will hide me in his home; 4
he will place me 5 on an inaccessible rocky summit. 6
81:7 In your distress you called out and I rescued you.
I answered you from a dark thundercloud. 7
I tested you at the waters of Meribah. 8 (Selah)
91:1 As for you, the one who lives 10 in the shelter of the sovereign One, 11
and resides in the protective shadow 12 of the mighty king 13 –
1 tn Or “for he will.” The translation assumes the כִּי (ki) is asseverative here, rather than causal.
2 tn Heb “he will hide me in his hut.”
3 tn Or “trouble.”
4 tn Heb “tent.”
5 tn The three imperfect verb forms in v. 5 anticipate a positive response to the prayer offered in vv. 7-12.
6 tn Heb “on a rocky summit he lifts me up.” The
7 tn Heb “I answered you in the hidden place of thunder.” This may allude to God’s self-revelation at Mount Sinai, where he appeared in a dark cloud accompanied by thunder (see Exod 19:16).
8 sn The name Meribah means “strife.” Two separate but similar incidents at the place called Meribah are recorded in the Pentateuch (Exod 17:1-7; Num 20:1-13). In both cases the Israelites complained about lack of water and the Lord miraculously provided for them.
9 sn Psalm 91. In this psalm an individual (perhaps a priest) addresses one who has sought shelter in the Lord and assures him that God will protect him from danger (vv. 1-13). In vv. 14-16 God himself promises to keep his loyal follower safe.
10 tn Heb “[O] one who lives.”
11 tn Traditionally “the Most High.”
12 sn The Lord is compared here to a bird who protects its young under the shadow of its wings (see v. 4).
13 sn The divine name used here is “Shaddai” (שַׁדַּי, shadday; see also Ps 68:14). Shaddai (or El Shaddai) is the mighty king (sovereign judge) of the world who grants life/blesses and kills/judges. In Genesis he blesses the patriarchs with fertility and promises numerous descendants. Outside Genesis he both blesses/protects and takes away life/happiness.