Isaiah 25:9

25:9 At that time they will say, ¹ 

“Look, here ²  is our God!

We waited for him and he delivered us.

Here ³  is the Lord! We waited for him.

Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”

Isaiah 64:4

64:4 Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, ⁴ 

no eye has seen any God besides you,

who intervenes for those who wait for him.

Psalms 25:3

25:3 Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated.

Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted ⁵  and humiliated.

Psalms 34:22

34:22 The Lord rescues his servants; ⁶ 

all who take shelter in him escape punishment. ⁷ 

Psalms 69:6

69:6 Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me,

O sovereign Lord and king! ⁸ 

Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me,

O God of Israel!

Romans 5:5

5:5 And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God ⁹  has been poured out ¹⁰  in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Romans 9:33

9:33 just as it is written,

“Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble

and a rock that will make them fall, ¹¹ 

yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.” ¹² 

Romans 10:11

10:11 For the scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” ¹³ 

Romans 10:1

10:1 Brothers and sisters, ¹⁴  my heart’s desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites ¹⁵  is for their salvation.

Romans 2:6

2:6 He ¹⁶  will reward ¹⁷  each one according to his works: ¹⁸ 

[25:9]  ¹ tn Heb “and one will say in that day.”

[25:9]  ² tn Heb “this [one].”

[25:9]  ³ tn Heb “this [one].”

[64:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “from ancient times they have not heard, they have not listened.”

[25:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “those who deal in treachery in vain.” The adverb רֵיקָם (reqam, “in vain”) probably refers to the failure (or futility) of their efforts. Another option is to understand it as meaning “without cause” (cf. NIV “without excuse”; NRSV “wantonly treacherous”).

[34:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “redeems the life of his servants.” The Hebrew participial form suggests such deliverance is characteristic.

[34:22]  ⁷ tn “Taking shelter” in the Lord is an idiom for seeking his protection. Seeking his protection presupposes and even demonstrates the subject’s loyalty to the Lord. In the psalms those who “take shelter” in the Lord are contrasted with the wicked and equated with those who love, fear, and serve the Lord (Pss 2:12; 5:11-12; 31:19).

[69:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “O Master, Lord of hosts.” Both titles draw attention to God’s sovereign position.

[5:5]  ⁹ tn The phrase ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ (Jh agaph tou qeou, “the love of God”) could be interpreted as either an objective genitive (“our love for God”), subjective genitive (“God’s love for us”), or both (M. Zerwick’s “general” genitive [Biblical Greek, §§36-39]; D. B. Wallace’s “plenary” genitive [ExSyn 119-21]). The immediate context, which discusses what God has done for believers, favors a subjective genitive, but the fact that this love is poured out within the hearts of believers implies that it may be the source for believers’ love for God; consequently an objective genitive cannot be ruled out. It is possible that both these ideas are meant in the text and that this is a plenary genitive: “The love that comes from God and that produces our love for God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us” (ExSyn 121).

[5:5]  ¹⁰ sn On the OT background of the Spirit being poured out, see Isa 32:15; Joel 2:28-29.

[9:33]  ¹¹ tn Grk “a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.”

[9:33]  ¹² sn A quotation from Isa 28:16; 8:14.

[10:11]  ¹³ sn A quotation from Isa 28:16.

[10:1]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[10:1]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “on behalf of them”; the referent (Paul’s fellow Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:6]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[2:6]  ¹⁷ tn Or “will render,” “will recompense.” In this context Paul is setting up a hypothetical situation, not stating that salvation is by works.

[2:6]  ¹⁸ sn A quotation from Ps 62:12; Prov 24:12; a close approximation to Matt 16:27.