35:4 May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated!
May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed! 1
78:26 He brought the east wind through the sky,
and by his strength led forth the south wind.
For the music director; written by the Korahites, a psalm.
85:1 O Lord, you showed favor to your land;
you restored the well-being of Jacob. 3
107:28 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;
he delivered them from their troubles.
107:30 The sailors 4 rejoiced because the waves 5 grew quiet,
and he led them to the harbor 6 they desired.
1 tn The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse are understood as jussives. The psalmist is calling judgment down on his enemies. See also the distinct jussive form in v. 6.
2 sn Psalm 85. God’s people recall how he forgave their sins in the past, pray that he might now restore them to his favor, and anticipate renewed blessings.
3 tn Heb “you turned with a turning [toward] Jacob.” The Hebrew term שְׁבוּת (shÿvut) is apparently a cognate accusative of שׁוּב (shuv). See Pss 14:7; 53:6.
3 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the sailors) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the waves) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn The Hebrew noun occurs only here in the OT.