Joshua 10:8

10:8 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. ¹  Not one of them can resist you.” ² 

Psalms 27:1-2

Psalm 27 ³ 

By David.

27:1 The Lord delivers and vindicates me! ⁴ 

I fear no one! ⁵ 

The Lord protects my life!

I am afraid of no one! ⁶ 

27:2 When evil men attack me ⁷ 

to devour my flesh, ⁸ 

when my adversaries and enemies attack me, ⁹ 

they stumble and fall. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 46:11

46:11 The Lord who commands armies is on our side! ¹¹ 

The God of Jacob ¹²  is our protector! ¹³  (Selah)

[10:8]  ¹ tn Heb “I have given them into your hand.” The verbal form is a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of the action.

[10:8]  ² tn Heb “and not a man [or “one”] of them will stand before you.”

[27:1]  ³ sn Psalm 27. The author is confident of the Lord’s protection and asks the Lord to vindicate him.

[27:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Lord [is] my light and my deliverance.” “Light” is often used as a metaphor for deliverance and the life/blessings it brings. See Pss 37:6; 97:11; 112:4; Isa 49:6; 51:4; Mic 7:8. Another option is that “light” refers here to divine guidance (see Ps 43:3).

[27:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “Whom shall I fear?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “No one!”

[27:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “Of whom shall I be afraid?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “No one!”

[27:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “draw near to me.”

[27:2]  ⁸ sn To devour my flesh. The psalmist compares his enemies to dangerous, hungry predators (see 2 Kgs 9:36; Ezek 39:17).

[27:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “my adversaries and my enemies against me.” The verb “draw near” (that is, “attack”) is understood by ellipsis; see the previous line.

[27:2]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew verbal forms are perfects. The translation assumes the psalmist is generalizing here, but another option is to take this as a report of past experience, “when evil men attacked me…they stumbled and fell.”

[46:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the Lord of hosts is with us.” The title “Lord of hosts” here pictures the Lord as a mighty warrior-king who leads armies into battle (see Ps 24:10). The military imagery is further developed in vv. 8-9.

[46:11]  ¹² tn That is, Israel, or Judah (see Ps 20:1).

[46:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “our elevated place” (see Pss 9:9; 18:2).