Psalms 115:9-12

115:9 O Israel, trust in the Lord!

He is their deliverer ¹  and protector. ² 

115:10 O family ³  of Aaron, trust in the Lord!

He is their deliverer ⁴  and protector. ⁵ 

115:11 You loyal followers of the Lord, ⁶  trust in the Lord!

He is their deliverer ⁷  and protector. ⁸ 

115:12 The Lord takes notice of us, ⁹  he will bless ¹⁰  –

he will bless the family ¹¹  of Israel,

he will bless the family of Aaron.

Psalms 144:1-2

Psalm 144 ¹² 

By David.

144:1 The Lord, my protector, ¹³  deserves praise ¹⁴  –

the one who trains my hands for battle, ¹⁵ 

and my fingers for war,

144:2 who loves me ¹⁶  and is my stronghold,

my refuge ¹⁷  and my deliverer,

my shield and the one in whom I take shelter,

who makes nations submit to me. ¹⁸ 

Psalms 144:1

Psalm 144 ¹⁹ 

By David.

144:1 The Lord, my protector, ²⁰  deserves praise ²¹  –

the one who trains my hands for battle, ²² 

and my fingers for war,

Psalms 5:1

Psalm 5 ²³ 

For the music director, to be accompanied by wind instruments; ²⁴  a psalm of David.

5:1 Listen to what I say, ²⁵  Lord!

Carefully consider my complaint! ²⁶ 

[115:9]  ¹ tn Or “[source of] help.”

[115:9]  ² tn Heb “and their shield.”

[115:10]  ³ tn Heb “house.”

[115:10]  ⁴ tn Or “[source of] help.”

[115:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “and their shield.”

[115:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “[you] fearers of the Lord.” See Ps 15:4.

[115:11]  ⁷ tn Or “[source of] help.”

[115:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “and their shield.”

[115:12]  ⁹ tn Or “remembers us.”

[115:12]  ¹⁰ tn Another option is to translate the prefixed form of the verb “bless” in vv. 12-13 as a jussive, “may he bless” (see v. 14).

[115:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “house.”

[144:1]  ¹² sn Psalm 144. The psalmist expresses his confidence in God, asks for a mighty display of divine intervention in an upcoming battle, and anticipates God’s rich blessings on the nation in the aftermath of military victory.

[144:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “my rocky summit.” The Lord is compared to a rocky summit where one can find protection from enemies. See Ps 18:2.

[144:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord, my rocky summit.”

[144:1]  ¹⁵ sn The one who trains my hands for battle. The psalmist attributes his skill with weapons to divine enablement (see Ps 18:34). Egyptian reliefs picture gods teaching the king how to shoot a bow. See O. Keel, The Symbolism of the Biblical World, 265.

[144:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “my loyal love,” which is probably an abbreviated form of “the God of my loyal love” (see Ps 59:10, 17).

[144:2]  ¹⁷ tn Or “my elevated place.”

[144:2]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the one who subdues nations beneath me.”

[144:1]  ¹⁹ sn Psalm 144. The psalmist expresses his confidence in God, asks for a mighty display of divine intervention in an upcoming battle, and anticipates God’s rich blessings on the nation in the aftermath of military victory.

[144:1]  ²⁰ tn Heb “my rocky summit.” The Lord is compared to a rocky summit where one can find protection from enemies. See Ps 18:2.

[144:1]  ²¹ tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord, my rocky summit.”

[144:1]  ²² sn The one who trains my hands for battle. The psalmist attributes his skill with weapons to divine enablement (see Ps 18:34). Egyptian reliefs picture gods teaching the king how to shoot a bow. See O. Keel, The Symbolism of the Biblical World, 265.

[5:1]  ²³ sn Psalm 5. Appealing to God’s justice and commitment to the godly, the psalmist asks the Lord to intervene and deliver him from evildoers.

[5:1]  ²⁴ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word נְחִילוֹת (nÿkhilot), which occurs only here, is uncertain. Many relate the form to חָלִיל (khalil, “flute”).

[5:1]  ²⁵ tn Heb “my words.”

[5:1]  ²⁶ tn Or “sighing.” The word occurs only here and in Ps 39:3.