Deuteronomy 11:12

Context
11:12 a land the Lord your God looks after.¹ He is constantly attentive to it² from the beginning to the end of the year.³

Psalms 33:18

Context

33:18 Look, the Lord takes notice of his loyal followers,⁴

those who wait for him to demonstrate his faithfulness⁵

Psalms 33:1

Context

Psalm 33⁶

33:1 You godly ones, shout for joy because of the Lord!

It is appropriate for the morally upright to offer him praise.

Psalms 3:1

Context

Psalm 3⁷

A psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom.⁸

3:1 Lord, how⁹ numerous are my enemies!

Many attack me.¹⁰

[11:12] ¹tn Heb “seeks.” The statement reflects the ancient belief that God (Baal in Canaanite thinking) directly controlled storms and rainfall.

[11:12] ²tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it” (so NIV); NASB, NRSV “always on it.”

[11:12] ³sn From the beginning to the end of the year. This refers to the agricultural year that was marked by the onset of the heavy rains, thus the autumn. See note on the phrase “the former and the latter rains” in v. 14.

[33:18] ⁴tn Heb “look, the eye of the Lord [is] toward the ones who fear him.” The expression “the eye…[is] toward” here indicates recognition and the bestowing of favor. See Ps 34:15. The one who fears the Lord respects his sovereignty and obeys his commandments. See Ps 128:1; Prov 14:2.

[33:18] ⁵tn Heb “for the ones who wait for his faithfulness.”

[33:1] ⁶sn Psalm 33. In this hymn the psalmist praises the Lord as the sovereign creator and just ruler of the world who protects and vindicates those who fear him.

[3:1] ⁷sn Psalm 3. The psalmist acknowledges that he is confronted by many enemies (vv. 1-2). But, alluding to a divine oracle he has received (vv. 4-5), he affirms his confidence in God’s ability to protect him (vv. 3, 6) and requests that God make his promise a reality (vv. 7-8).

[3:1] ⁸sn According to Jewish tradition, David offered this prayer when he was forced to flee from Jerusalem during his son Absalom’s attempted coup (see 2 Sam 15:13-17).

[3:1] ⁹tn The Hebrew term מָה (mah, “how”) is used here as an adverbial exclamation (see BDB 553 s.v.).

[3:1] ¹⁰tn Heb “many rise up against me.”