40:8 I want to do what pleases you, 1 my God.
Your law dominates my thoughts.” 2
51:18 Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her! 3
Fortify 4 the walls of Jerusalem! 5
103:21 Praise the Lord, all you warriors of his, 6
you servants of his who carry out his desires! 7
145:16 You open your hand,
and fill every living thing with the food they desire. 8
145:19 He satisfies the desire 9 of his loyal followers; 10
he hears their cry for help and delivers them.
1 tn Or “your will.”
2 tn Heb “your law [is] in the midst of my inner parts.” The “inner parts” are viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s thought life and moral decision making.
3 tn Heb “do what is good for Zion in your favor.”
4 tn Or “Build.” The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.
5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
5 tn Heb “all his hosts.”
6 tn Heb “his attendants, doers of his desire.”
7 tn Heb “[with what they] desire.”
9 tn In this context “desire” refers to the followers’ desire to be delivered from wicked enemies.
10 tn Heb “the desire of those who fear him, he does.”