37:28 For the Lord promotes 1 justice,
and never abandons 2 his faithful followers.
They are permanently secure, 3
but the children 4 of evil men are wiped out. 5
For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; 7 a prayer 8 of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. 9
59:1 Deliver me from my enemies, my God!
Protect me 10 from those who attack me! 11
132:12 If your sons keep my covenant
and the rules I teach them,
their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”
1 tn Heb “loves.” The verb “loves” is here metonymic; the
2 tn The imperfect verbal form draws attention to this generalizing statement.
3 tn Or “protected forever.”
4 tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”
5 tn Or “cut off”; or “removed.” The perfect verbal forms in v. 28b state general truths.
6 sn Psalm 59. The psalmist calls down judgment on his foreign enemies, whom he compares to ravenous wild dogs.
7 tn Heb “do not destroy.” Perhaps this refers to a particular style of music, a tune title, or a musical instrument. These words also appear in the superscription to Pss 57-58, 75.
8 tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word מִכְתָּם (miktam), which also appears in the heading to Pss 16, 56-58, 60 is uncertain. HALOT 582-83 s.v. defines it as “inscription.”
9 tn Heb “when Saul sent and they watched his house in order to kill him.”
10 tn Or “make me secure”; Heb “set me on high.”
11 tn Heb “from those who raise themselves up [against] me.”