Psalms 118:20

118:20 This is the Lord’s gate –

the godly enter through it.

Psalms 22:31

22:31 They will come and tell about his saving deeds; ¹ 

they will tell a future generation what he has accomplished. ² 

Psalms 63:9

63:9 Enemies seek to destroy my life, ³ 

but they will descend into the depths of the earth. ⁴ 

Psalms 65:2

65:2 You hear prayers; ⁵ 

all people approach you. ⁶ 

Psalms 69:27

69:27 Hold them accountable for all their sins! ⁷ 

Do not vindicate them! ⁸ 

[22:31]  ¹ tn Heb “his righteousness.” Here the noun צִדָקָה (tsidaqah) refers to the Lord’s saving deeds whereby he vindicates the oppressed.

[22:31]  ² tn Heb “to a people [to be] born that he has acted.” The words “they will tell” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[63:9]  ¹ tn Heb “but they for destruction seek my life.” The pronoun “they” must refer here to the psalmist’s enemies, referred to at this point for the first time in the psalm.

[63:9]  ² sn The depths of the earth refers here to the underworld dwelling place of the dead (see Ezek 26:20; 31:14, 16, 18; 32:18, 24). See L. I. J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World, 167.

[65:2]  ¹ tn Heb “O one who hears prayer.”

[65:2]  ² tn Heb “to you all flesh comes.”

[69:27]  ¹ tn Heb “place sin upon their sin.”

[69:27]  ² tn Heb “let them not come into your vindication.”