Psalms 13:2

13:2 How long must I worry, ¹ 

and suffer in broad daylight? ² 

How long will my enemy gloat over me? ³ 

Psalms 27:6

27:6 Now I will triumph

over my enemies who surround me! ⁴ 

I will offer sacrifices in his dwelling place and shout for joy! ⁵ 

I will sing praises to the Lord!

Psalms 30:1

Psalm 30 ⁶ 

A psalm – a song used at the dedication of the temple; ⁷  by David.

30:1 I will praise you, O Lord, for you lifted me up, ⁸ 

and did not allow my enemies to gloat ⁹  over me.

Psalms 89:19

89:19 Then you ¹⁰  spoke through a vision to your faithful followers ¹¹  and said:

“I have energized a warrior; ¹² 

I have raised up a young man ¹³  from the people.

Psalms 131:1

Psalm 131 ¹⁴ 

A song of ascents, ¹⁵  by David.

131:1 O Lord, my heart is not proud,

nor do I have a haughty look. ¹⁶ 

I do not have great aspirations,

or concern myself with things that are beyond me. ¹⁷ 

[13:2]  ¹ tn Heb “How long will I put counsel in my being?”

[13:2]  ² tn Heb “[with] grief in my heart by day.”

[13:2]  ³ tn Heb “be exalted over me.” Perhaps one could translate, “How long will my enemy defeat me?”

[27:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “and now my head will be lifted up over my enemies all around me.”

[27:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will sacrifice in his tent sacrifices of a shout for joy” (that is, “sacrifices accompanied by a joyful shout”).

[30:1]  ⁷ sn Psalm 30. The author thanks the Lord for delivering him from death and urges others to join him in praise. The psalmist experienced divine discipline for a brief time, but when he cried out for help the Lord intervened and restored his favor.

[30:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “a song of the dedication of the house.” The referent of “house” is unclear. It is possible that David wrote this psalm for the dedication ceremony of Solomon’s temple. Another possibility is that the psalm was used on the occasion of the dedication of the second temple following the return from exile, or on the occasion of the rededication of the temple in Maccabean times.

[30:1]  ⁹ tn Elsewhere the verb דָּלָה (dalah) is used of drawing water from a well (Exod 2:16, 19; Prov 20:5). The psalmist was trapped in the pit leading to Sheol (see v. 3), but the Lord hoisted him up. The Piel stem is used here, perhaps suggesting special exertion on the Lord’s part.

[30:1]  ¹⁰ tn Or “rejoice.”

[89:19]  ¹⁰ tn The pronoun “you” refers to the Lord, who is addressed here. The quotation that follows further develops the announcement of vv. 3-4.

[89:19]  ¹¹ tc Many medieval mss read the singular here, “your faithful follower.” In this case the statement refers directly to Nathan’s oracle to David (see 2 Sam 7:17).

[89:19]  ¹² tn Heb “I have placed help upon a warrior.”

[89:19]  ¹³ tn Or perhaps “a chosen one.”

[131:1]  ¹³ sn Psalm 131. The psalmist affirms his humble dependence on the Lord and urges Israel to place its trust in God.

[131:1]  ¹⁴ sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.

[131:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and my eyes are not lifted up.”

[131:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “I do not walk in great things, and in things too marvelous for me.”