Psalms 32:10

32:10 An evil person suffers much pain, ¹ 

but the Lord’s faithfulness overwhelms the one who trusts in him. ² 

Psalms 33:18

33:18 Look, the Lord takes notice of his loyal followers, ³ 

those who wait for him to demonstrate his faithfulness ⁴ 

Psalms 33:21-22

33:21 For our hearts rejoice in him,

for we trust in his holy name.

33:22 May we experience your faithfulness, O Lord, ⁵ 

for ⁶  we wait for you.

Psalms 36:7

36:7 How precious ⁷  is your loyal love, O God!

The human race finds shelter under your wings. ⁸ 

Psalms 52:8

52:8 But I ⁹  am like a flourishing ¹⁰  olive tree in the house of God;

I continually ¹¹  trust in God’s loyal love.

Psalms 147:11

147:11 The Lord takes delight in his faithful followers, ¹² 

and in those who wait for his loyal love.

Isaiah 12:2

12:2 Look, God is my deliverer! ¹³ 

I will trust in him ¹⁴  and not fear.

For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; ¹⁵ 

he has become my deliverer.” ¹⁶ 

Jude 1:21

1:21 maintain ¹⁷  yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating ¹⁸  the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life. ¹⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “many [are the] pains of evil [one].” The singular form is representative here; the typical evildoer, representative of the larger group of wicked people, is in view.

² tn Heb “but the one who trusts in the Lord, faithfulness surrounds him.”

³ tn Heb “look, the eye of the Lord [is] toward the ones who fear him.” The expression “the eye…[is] toward” here indicates recognition and the bestowing of favor. See Ps 34:15. The one who fears the Lord respects his sovereignty and obeys his commandments. See Ps 128:1; Prov 14:2.

⁴ tn Heb “for the ones who wait for his faithfulness.”

⁵ tn Heb “let your faithfulness, O Lord, be on us.”

⁶ tn Or “just as.”

⁷ tn Or “valuable.”

⁸ tn Heb “and the sons of man in the shadow of your wings find shelter.” The preservation of physical life is in view, as the next verse makes clear.

⁹ tn The disjunctive construction (vav [ו] + subject) highlights the contrast between the evildoer’s destiny (vv. 5-7) and that of the godly psalmist’s security.

¹⁰ tn Or “luxuriant, green, leafy.”

¹¹ tn Or, hyperbolically, “forever and ever.”

¹² tn Heb “those who fear him.”

¹³ tn Or “salvation” (KJV, NIV, NRSV).

¹⁴ tn The words “in him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹⁵ tc The Hebrew text has, “for my strength and protection [is] the Lord, the Lord (Heb “Yah, Yahweh).” The word יְהוָה (yehvah) is probably dittographic or explanatory here (note that the short form of the name [יָהּ, yah] precedes, and that the graphically similar וַיְהִי [vayÿhi] follows). Exod 15:2, the passage from which the words of v. 2b are taken, has only יָהּ. The word זִמְרָת (zimrat) is traditionally understood as meaning “song,” in which case one might translate, “for the Lord gives me strength and joy” (i.e., a reason to sing); note that in v. 5 the verb זָמַר (zamar, “sing”) appears. Many recent commentators, however, have argued that the noun is here instead a homonym, meaning “protection” or “strength.” See HALOT 274 s.v. III *זמר.

¹⁶ tn Or “salvation” (so many English versions, e.g., KJV, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “my savior.”

¹⁷ tn Or “keep.”

¹⁸ tn Or “waiting for.”

¹⁹ tn Grk “unto eternal life.”