Psalms 109:29

109:29 My accusers will be covered ¹  with shame,

and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe.

Psalms 132:9

132:9 May your priests be clothed with integrity! ² 

May your loyal followers shout for joy!

Psalms 132:16

132:16 I will protect her priests, ³ 

and her godly people will shout exuberantly. ⁴ 

Psalms 132:18

132:18 I will humiliate his enemies, ⁵ 

and his crown will shine.

Psalms 93:1

Psalm 93 ⁶ 

93:1 The Lord reigns!

He is robed in majesty,

the Lord is robed,

he wears strength around his waist. ⁷ 

Indeed, the world is established, it cannot be moved.

Psalms 109:18

109:18 He made cursing a way of life, ⁸ 

so curses poured into his stomach like water

and seeped into his bones like oil. ⁹ 

Psalms 35:26

35:26 May those who want to harm me be totally embarrassed and ashamed! ¹⁰ 

May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation! ¹¹ 

Psalms 65:13

65:13 The meadows are clothed with sheep,

and the valleys are covered with grain.

They shout joyfully, yes, they sing.

Psalms 104:1

Psalm 104 ¹² 

104:1 Praise the Lord, O my soul!

O Lord my God, you are magnificent. ¹³ 

You are robed in splendor and majesty.

[109:29]  ¹ tn Heb “clothed.” Another option is to translate the prefixed verbal forms in this line and the next as jussives (“may my accusers be covered with shame”).

[132:9]  ² tn Or “righteousness.”

[132:16]  ³ tn Heb “and her priests I will clothe [with] deliverance.”

[132:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “[with] shouting they will shout.” The infinitive absolute is used to emphasize the verb.

[132:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “his enemies I will clothe [with] shame.”

[93:1]  ⁵ sn Psalm 93. The psalmist affirms that the Lord is the king of the universe who preserves order and suppresses the destructive forces in the world.

[93:1]  ⁶ sn Strength is compared here to a belt that one wears for support. The Lord’s power undergirds his rule.

[109:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “he put on a curse as [if it were] his garment.”

[109:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “and it came like water into his inner being, and like oil into his bones.” This may refer to this individual’s appetite for cursing. For him cursing was as refreshing as drinking water or massaging oneself with oil. Another option is that the destructive effects of a curse are in view. In this case a destructive curse invades his very being, like water or oil. Some who interpret the verse this way prefer to repoint the vav (ו) on “it came” to a conjunctive vav and interpret the prefixed verb as a jussive, “may it come!”

[35:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed together, the ones who rejoice over my harm.”

[35:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “may they be clothed with shame and humiliation, the ones who magnify [themselves] against me.” The prefixed verbal forms in v. 26 are understood as jussives (see vv. 24b-25, where the negative particle אַל (’al) appears before the prefixed verbal forms, indicating they are jussives). The psalmist is calling down judgment on his enemies.

[104:1]  ⁸ sn Psalm 104. The psalmist praises God as the ruler of the world who sustains all life.

[104:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “very great.”