9:10 Your loyal followers trust in you, 1
for you, Lord, do not abandon those who seek your help. 2
22:5 To you they cried out, and they were saved;
in you they trusted and they were not disappointed. 3
32:10 An evil person suffers much pain, 4
but the Lord’s faithfulness overwhelms the one who trusts in him. 5
86:2 Protect me, 6 for I am loyal!
O my God, deliver your servant, who trusts in you!
91:2 I say this about the Lord, my shelter and my stronghold,
my God in whom I trust –
112:7 He does not fear bad news.
He 7 is confident; he trusts 8 in the Lord.
A song of ascents. 10
125:1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion;
it cannot be upended and will endure forever.
1 tn Heb “and the ones who know your name trust in you.” The construction vav (ו) conjunctive + imperfect at the beginning of the verse expresses another consequence of the statement made in v. 8. “To know” the
2 tn Heb “the ones who seek you.”
3 tn Or “were not ashamed.”
5 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.
6 tn Heb “but the one who trusts in the
7 tn Heb “my life.”
9 tn Heb “his heart,” viewed here as the seat of the volition and emotions (see Ps 108:1).
10 tn The passive participle בָּטֻחַ [בָּטוּחַ] (batuakh [batuakh]) expresses a state that results from the subject’s action. See Isa 26:3.
11 sn Psalm 125. The psalmist affirms his confidence in the Lord’s protection and justice.
12 sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.