Deuteronomy 1:31

1:31 and in the desert, where you saw him ¹  carrying you along like a man carries his son. This he did everywhere you went until you came to this very place.”

Nehemiah 9:12

9:12 You guided them with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire by night to illumine for them the path they were to travel.

Psalms 27:11

27:11 Teach me how you want me to live; ² 

lead me along a level path ³  because of those who wait to ambush me! ⁴ 

Psalms 78:14

78:14 He led them with a cloud by day,

and with the light of a fire all night long.

Psalms 78:52-53

78:52 Yet he brought out his people like sheep;

he led them through the wilderness like a flock.

78:53 He guided them safely along,

while the sea covered their enemies.

Psalms 80:1

Psalm 80 ⁵ 

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; ⁶  a psalm of Asaph.

80:1 O shepherd of Israel, pay attention,

you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep!

You who sit enthroned above the winged angels, ⁷  reveal your splendor! ⁸ 

Psalms 136:16

136:16 to the one who led his people through the wilderness,

for his loyal love endures,

Isaiah 46:4

46:4 Even when you are old, I will take care of you, ⁹ 

even when you have gray hair, I will carry you.

I made you and I will support you;

I will carry you and rescue you. ¹⁰ 

Isaiah 63:9-13

63:9 Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. ¹¹ 

The messenger sent from his very presence ¹²  delivered them.

In his love and mercy he protected ¹³  them;

he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times. ¹⁴ 

63:10 But they rebelled and offended ¹⁵  his holy Spirit, ¹⁶ 

so he turned into an enemy

and fought against them.

63:11 His people remembered the ancient times. ¹⁷ 

Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea,

along with the shepherd of ¹⁸  his flock?

Where is the one who placed his holy Spirit among them, ¹⁹ 

63:12 the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, ²⁰ 

who divided the water before them,

gaining for himself a lasting reputation, ²¹ 

63:13 who led them through the deep water?

Like a horse running on flat land ²²  they did not stumble.

[1:31]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun (“him”) has been employed in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[27:11]  ² tn Heb “teach me your way.” The Lord’s “way” refers here to the moral principles which he expects the psalmist to follow. See Ps 25:4.

[27:11]  ³ sn The level path refers to God’s moral principles (see the parallel line), which, if followed, will keep the psalmist blameless before his accusers (see v. 12).

[27:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “because of those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 54:5; 56:2.

[80:1]  ⁵ sn Psalm 80. The psalmist laments Israel’s demise and asks the Lord to show favor toward his people, as he did in earlier times.

[80:1]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew expression shushan-eduth means “lily of the testimony.” It may refer to a particular music style or to a tune title. See the superscription to Ps 60.

[80:1]  ⁷ sn Winged angels (Heb “cherubs”). Cherubs, as depicted in the OT, possess both human and animal (lion, ox, and eagle) characteristics (see Ezek 1:10; 10:14, 21; 41:18). They are pictured as winged creatures (Exod 25:20; 37:9; 1 Kgs 6:24-27; Ezek 10:8, 19) and serve as the very throne of God when the ark of the covenant is in view (Ps 99:1; see Num 7:89; 1 Sam 4:4; 2 Sam 6:2; 2 Kgs 19:15). The picture of the Lord seated on the cherubs suggests they might be used by him as a vehicle, a function they carry out in Ezek 1:22-28 (the “living creatures” mentioned here are identified as cherubs in Ezek 10:20). In Ps 18:10 the image of a cherub serves to personify the wind.

[80:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “shine forth.”

[46:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “until old age, I am he” (NRSV similar); NLT “I will be your God throughout your lifetime.”

[46:4]  ¹⁰ sn Unlike the weary idol gods, whose images must be carried by animals, the Lord carries his weary people.

[63:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in all their distress, there was distress to him” (reading לוֹ [lo] with the margin/Qere).

[63:9]  ¹² tn Heb “the messenger [or “angel”] of his face”; NIV “the angel of his presence.”

[63:9]  ¹³ tn Or “redeemed” (KJV, NAB, NIV), or “delivered.”

[63:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “all the days of antiquity”; KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “days of old.”

[63:10]  ¹⁵ tn Or “grieved, hurt the feelings of.”

[63:10]  ¹⁶ sn The phrase “holy Spirit” occurs in the OT only here (in v. 11 as well) and in Ps 51:11 (51:13 HT), where it is associated with the divine presence.

[63:11]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and he remembered the days of antiquity, Moses, his people.” The syntax of the statement is unclear. The translation assumes that “his people” is the subject of the verb “remembered.” If original, “Moses” is in apposition to “the days of antiquity,” more precisely identifying the time period referred to. However, the syntactical awkwardness suggests that “Moses” may have been an early marginal note (perhaps identifying “the shepherd of his flock” two lines later) that has worked its way into the text.

[63:11]  ¹⁸ tn The Hebrew text has a plural form, which if retained and taken as a numerical plural, would probably refer to Moses, Aaron, and the Israelite tribal leaders at the time of the Exodus. Most prefer to emend the form to the singular (רָעָה, ra’ah) and understand this as a reference just to Moses.

[63:11]  ¹⁹ sn See the note at v. 10.

[63:12]  ²⁰ tn Heb “who caused to go at the right hand of Moses the arm of his splendor.”

[63:12]  ²¹ tn Heb “making for himself a lasting name.”

[63:13]  ²² tn Heb “in the desert [or “steppe”].”