Psalms 9:4

9:4 For you defended my just cause;

from your throne you pronounced a just decision.

Psalms 132:11

132:11 The Lord made a reliable promise to David;

he will not go back on his word.

He said, “I will place one of your descendants on your throne.


tn Heb “for you accomplished my justice and my legal claim.”

tn Heb “you sat on a throne [as] one who judges [with] righteousness.” The perfect verbal forms in v. 4 probably allude to a recent victory (see vv. 5-7). Another option is to understand the verbs as describing what is typical (“you defend…you sit on a throne”).

tn Heb “the Lord swore an oath to David [in] truth.”

tn Heb “he will not turn back from it.”

tn The words “he said” are supplied in the translation to clarify that what follows are the Lord’s words.

tn Heb “the fruit of your body.”