Psalms 10:16

10:16 The Lord rules forever! ¹ 

The nations are driven out of his land. ² 

Psalms 11:3

11:3 When the foundations ³  are destroyed,

what can the godly ⁴  accomplish?” ⁵ 

Psalms 18:23

18:23 I was innocent before him,

and kept myself from sinning. ⁶ 

Psalms 31:6

31:6 I hate those who serve worthless idols, ⁷ 

but I trust in the Lord.

Psalms 37:26

37:26 All day long he shows compassion and lends to others, ⁸ 

and his children ⁹  are blessed.

Psalms 52:6

52:6 When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe,

and will mock the evildoer, saying: ¹⁰ 

Psalms 65:6

65:6 You created the mountains by your power, ¹¹ 

and demonstrated your strength. ¹² 

Psalms 87:1

Psalm 87 ¹³ 

Written by the Korahites; a psalm, a song.

87:1 The Lord’s city is in the holy hills. ¹⁴ 

Psalms 106:31

106:31 This brought him a reward,

an eternal gift. ¹⁵ 

Psalms 106:33

106:33 for they aroused ¹⁶  his temper, ¹⁷ 

and he spoke rashly. ¹⁸ 

Psalms 112:6

112:6 For he will never be upended;

others will always remember one who is just. ¹⁹ 

Psalms 116:10

116:10 I had faith when I said,

“I am severely oppressed.”

Psalms 116:15

116:15 The Lord values

the lives of his faithful followers. ²⁰ 

Psalms 135:19

135:19 O family ²¹  of Israel, praise the Lord!

O family of Aaron, praise the Lord!

Psalms 136:21

136:21 and gave their land as an inheritance,

for his loyal love endures,

[10:16]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord is king forever and ever.”

[10:16]  ² tn Or “the nations perish from his land.” The perfect verb form may express what is typical or it may express rhetorically the psalmist’s certitude that God’s deliverance is “as good as done.”

[11:3]  ³ tn The precise meaning of this rare word is uncertain. An Ugaritic cognate is used of the “bottom” or “base” of a cliff or mountain (see G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 47, 159). The noun appears in postbiblical Hebrew with the meaning “foundation” (see Jastrow 1636 s.v. שָׁת).

[11:3]  ⁴ tn The singular form is used here in a collective or representative sense. Note the plural form “pure [of heart]” in the previous verse.

[11:3]  ⁵ sn The quotation of the advisers’ words (which begins in 11:1c) ends at this point. They advise the psalmist to flee because the enemy is poised to launch a deadly attack. In such a lawless and chaotic situation godly people like the psalmist can accomplish nothing, so they might as well retreat to a safe place.

[18:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “from my sin,” that is, from making it my own in any way.

[31:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “the ones who observe vain things of falsehood.” See Jonah 2:9.

[37:26]  ⁹ tn The active participles describe characteristic behavior.

[37:26]  ¹⁰ tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

[52:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and the godly will see and will fear and at him will laugh.”

[65:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “[the] one who establishes [the] mountains by his power.”

[65:6]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “one [who] is girded with strength”; or “one [who] girds himself with strength.”

[87:1]  ¹⁵ sn Psalm 87. The psalmist celebrates the Lord’s presence in Zion and the special status of its citizens.

[87:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “his foundation [is] in the hills of holiness.” The expression “his foundation” refers here by metonymy to the Lord’s dwelling place in Zion. The “hills” are the ones surrounding Zion (see Pss 125:2; 133:3).

[106:31]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and it was reckoned to him for righteousness, to a generation and a generation forever.” The verb חָשַׁב (khashav, “to reckon”) is collocated with צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah, “righteousness”) only in Ps 106:31 and Gen 15:6, where God rewards Abram’s faith with a land grant.

[106:33]  ¹⁹ tn The Hebrew text vocalizes the form as הִמְרוּ (himru), a Hiphil from מָרָה (marah, “to behave rebelliously”), but the verb fits better with the object (“his spirit”) if it is revocalized as הֵמֵרוּ (hemeru), a Hiphil from מָרַר (marar, “to be bitter”). The Israelites “embittered” Moses’ “spirit” in the sense that they aroused his temper with their complaints.

[106:33]  ²⁰ tn Heb “his spirit.”

[106:33]  ²¹ tn The Hebrew text adds “with his lips,” but this has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[112:6]  ²¹ tn Heb “for an eternal memorial a just [one] will be.”

[116:15]  ²³ tn Heb “precious in the eyes of the Lord [is] the death of his godly ones.” The point is not that God delights in or finds satisfaction in the death of his followers! The psalmist, who has been delivered from death, affirms that the life-threatening experiences of God’s followers get God’s attention, just as a precious or rare object would attract someone’s eye. See Ps 72:14 for a similar expression of this belief.

[135:19]  ²⁵ tn Heb “house” (here and in the next two lines).