Psalms 119:63

119:63 I am a friend to all your loyal followers, ¹ 

and to those who keep your precepts.

Psalms 119:74

119:74 Your loyal followers will be glad when they see me, ² 

for I find hope in your word.

Psalms 7:7

7:7 The countries are assembled all around you; ³ 

take once more your rightful place over them! ⁴ 

Psalms 142:7

142:7 Free me ⁵  from prison,

that I may give thanks to your name.

Because of me the godly will assemble, ⁶ 

for you will vindicate me. ⁷ 

[119:63]  ¹ tn Heb “to all who fear you.”

[119:74]  ² tn Heb “those who fear you will see me and rejoice.”

[7:7]  ³ tn Heb “and the assembly of the peoples surrounds you.” Some understand the prefixed verbal form as a jussive, “may the assembly of the peoples surround you.”

[7:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “over it (the feminine suffix refers back to the feminine noun “assembly” in the preceding line) on high return.” Some emend שׁוּבָה (shuvah, “return”) to שֵׁבָה (shevah, “sit [in judgment]”) because they find the implication of “return” problematic. But the psalmist does not mean to imply that God has abandoned his royal throne and needs to regain it. Rather he simply urges God, as sovereign king of the world, to once more occupy his royal seat of judgment and execute judgment, as the OT pictures God doing periodically.

[142:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “bring out my life.”

[142:7]  ⁶ tn Or “gather around.”

[142:7]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew idiom גָּמַל עַל (gamal ’al) means “to repay,” here in a positive sense.