Psalms 111:5

111:5 He gives ¹  food to his faithful followers; ² 

he always remembers his covenant. ³ 

Psalms 9:12

9:12 For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; ⁴ 

he did not overlook ⁵  their cry for help ⁶ 

Psalms 105:8

105:8 He always remembers his covenantal decree,

the promise he made ⁷  to a thousand generations –

[111:5]  ¹ tn Or “gave,” if the events of the exodus and conquest period (see v. 6, 9) are primarily in view.

[111:5]  ² tn Heb “those who fear him.”

[111:5]  ³ tn Or “he remembers his covenant forever” (see Ps 105:8).

[9:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “for the one who seeks shed blood remembered them.” The idiomatic expression “to seek shed blood” seems to carry the idea “to seek payment/restitution for one’s shed blood.” The plural form דָּמִים (damim, “shed blood”) occurs only here as the object of דָּרַשׁ (darash); the singular form דָּם (dam, “blood”) appears with the verb in Gen 9:5; 42:22; Ezek 33:6. “Them,” the pronominal object of the verb “remembered,” refers to the oppressed, mentioned specifically in the next line, so the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “did not forget.”

[9:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “the cry for help of the oppressed.” In this context the “oppressed” are the psalmist and those he represents, whom the hostile nations have threatened.

[105:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “[the] word he commanded.” The text refers here to God’s unconditional covenantal promise to Abraham and the patriarchs, as vv. 10-12 make clear.