Psalms 16:9

16:9 So my heart rejoices

and I am happy; ¹ 

My life is safe. ² 

Psalms 30:12

30:12 So now ³  my heart ⁴  will sing to you and not be silent;

O Lord my God, I will always ⁵  give thanks to you.

Psalms 35:28

35:28 Then I will tell others about your justice, ⁶ 

and praise you all day long. ⁷ 

Psalms 51:14

51:14 Rescue me from the guilt of murder, ⁸  O God, the God who delivers me!

Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance. ⁹ 

Psalms 57:8

57:8 Awake, my soul! ¹⁰ 

Awake, O stringed instrument and harp!

I will wake up at dawn! ¹¹ 

Psalms 62:4

62:4 They ¹²  spend all their time planning how to bring him ¹³  down. ¹⁴ 

They love to use deceit; ¹⁵ 

they pronounce blessings with their mouths,

but inwardly they utter curses. ¹⁶  (Selah)

Psalms 71:24

71:24 All day long my tongue will also tell about your justice,

for those who want to harm me ¹⁷  will be embarrassed and ashamed. ¹⁸ 

Psalms 108:1

Psalm 108 ¹⁹ 

A song, a psalm of David.

108:1 I am determined, ²⁰  O God!

I will sing and praise you with my whole heart. ²¹ 

Acts 2:26

2:26 Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced;

my body ²²  also will live in hope,

[16:9]  ¹ tn Heb “my glory is happy.” Some view the Hebrew term כְּבוֹדִי (kÿvodiy, “my glory”) as a metonymy for man’s inner being (see BDB 459 s.v. II כָּבוֹד 5), but it is preferable to emend the form to כְּבֵדִי (kÿvediy, “my liver”). Like the heart, the liver is viewed as the seat of one’s emotions. See also Pss 30:12; 57:9; 108:1, as well as H. W. Wolff, Anthropology of the Old Testament, 64, and M. Dahood, Psalms (AB), 1:90. For an Ugaritic example of the heart/liver as the source of joy, see G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 47-48: “her [Anat’s] liver swelled with laughter, her heart was filled with joy, the liver of Anat with triumph.”

[16:9]  ² tn Heb “yes, my flesh dwells securely.” The psalmist’s “flesh” stands by metonymy for his body and, by extension, his physical life.

[30:12]  ³ tn Heb “so that”; or “in order that.”

[30:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “glory.” Some view כָבוֹד (khavod, “glory”) here as a metonymy for man’s inner being (see BDB 459 s.v. II כָּבוֹד 5), but it is preferable to emend the form to כְּבֵדִי (kÿvediy, “my liver”). Like the heart, the liver is viewed as the seat of one’s emotions. See also Pss 16:9; 57:9; 108:1, as well as H. W. Wolff, Anthropology of the Old Testament, 64, and M. Dahood, Psalms (AB), 1:90. For an Ugaritic example of the heart/liver as the source of joy, see G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 47-48: “her [Anat’s] liver swelled with laughter, her heart was filled with joy, the liver of Anat with triumph.” “Heart” is used in the translation above for the sake of English idiom; the expression “my liver sings” would seem odd indeed to the modern reader.

[30:12]  ⁵ tn Or “forever.”

[35:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “and my tongue will proclaim your justice.”

[35:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the day your praise.” The verb “proclaim” is understood by ellipsis in the second line (see the previous line).

[51:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “from bloodshed.” “Bloodshed” here stands by metonymy for the guilt which it produces.

[51:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “my tongue will shout for joy your deliverance.” Another option is to take the prefixed verbal form as a jussive, “may my tongue shout for joy.” However, the pattern in vv. 12-15 appears to be prayer/request (see vv. 12, 14a, 15a) followed by promise/vow (see vv. 13, 14b, 15b).

[57:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “glory,” but that makes little sense in the context. Some view כָּבוֹד (kavod, “glory”) here as a metonymy for man’s inner being (see BDB 459 s.v. II כָּבוֹד 5), but it is preferable to emend the form to כְּבֵדִי (kÿvediy, “my liver”). Like the heart, the liver is viewed as the seat of one’s emotions. See also Pss 16:9; 30:12; 108:1, as well as H. W. Wolff, Anthropology of the Old Testament, 64, and M. Dahood, Psalms (AB), 1:90. For an Ugaritic example of the heart/liver as the source of joy, see G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 47-48: “her [Anat’s] liver swelled with laughter, her heart was filled with joy, the liver of Anat with triumph.”

[57:8]  ¹¹ tn BDB 1007 s.v. שַׁחַר takes “dawn” as an adverbial accusative, though others understand it as a personified direct object. “Dawn” is used metaphorically for the time of deliverance and vindication the psalmist anticipates. When salvation “dawns,” the psalmist will “wake up” in praise.

[62:4]  ¹² tn That is, the psalmist’s enemies addressed in the previous verse.

[62:4]  ¹³ tn That is, the generic “man” referred to in the previous verse.

[62:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “only from his lofty place [or perhaps, “dignity”] they plan to drive [him] away.”

[62:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “they delight [in] a lie.”

[62:4]  ¹⁶ sn The enemies use deceit to bring down their victim. They make him think they are his friends by pronouncing blessings upon him, but inwardly they desire his demise.

[71:24]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “those who seek my harm.”

[71:24]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “will have become embarrassed and ashamed.” The perfect verbal forms function here as future perfects, indicating future actions which will precede chronologically the action expressed by the main verb in the preceding line.

[108:1]  ¹⁹ sn Psalm 108. With some minor variations, this psalm is a composite of Ps 57:7-11 (see vv. 1-5) and Ps 60:5-12 (see vv. 6-13).

[108:1]  ²⁰ tn Or perhaps “confident”; Heb “my heart is steadfast.” The “heart” is viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s volition and/or emotions.

[108:1]  ²¹ tn Heb “also my glory,” but this makes little sense in the context. Some view the term כָּבוֹד (“glory”) here as a metonymy for man’s inner being (see BDB 459 s.v. II כָּבוֹד 5), but it is preferable to emend the form to כְּבֵדִי (kÿvodiy, “my liver”). Like the heart, the liver is viewed as the seat of one’s emotions. See also Pss 16:9; 30:12; 57:9; as well as H. W. Wolff, Anthropology of the Old Testament, 64, and M. Dahood, Psalms (AB), 3:93. For an Ugaritic example of the heart/liver as the source of joy, see G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 47-48: “her [Anat’s] liver swelled with laughter, her heart was filled with joy, the liver of Anat with triumph.”

[2:26]  ²² tn Grk “my flesh.”