Psalms 66:18

66:18 If I had harbored sin in my heart, 1 

the Lord would not have listened.

Psalms 116:1

Psalm 116 2 

116:1 I love the Lord

because he heard my plea for mercy, 3 

Psalms 145:19

145:19 He satisfies the desire 4  of his loyal followers; 5 

he hears their cry for help and delivers them.

1 tn Heb “sin if I had seen in my heart.”

2 sn Psalm 116. The psalmist thanks the Lord for delivering him from a life threatening crisis and promises to tell the entire covenant community what God has done for him.

3 tn Heb “I love because the Lord heard my voice, my pleas.” It is possible that “the Lord” originally appeared directly after “I love” and was later accidentally misplaced. The translation assumes the prefixed verbal form is a preterite. The psalmist recalls that God heard his cry for help (note the perfect in v. 2a and the narrative in vv. 3-4).

3 tn In this context “desire” refers to the followers’ desire to be delivered from wicked enemies.

4 tn Heb “the desire of those who fear him, he does.”