Psalms 132:12

132:12 If your sons keep my covenant

and the rules I teach them,

their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”

Psalms 132:2

132:2 and how he made a vow to the Lord,

and swore an oath to the powerful ruler of Jacob. ¹ 

Psalms 7:14

7:14 See the one who is pregnant with wickedness,

who conceives destructive plans,

and gives birth to harmful lies – ² 

Psalms 7:1

Psalm 7 ³ 

A musical composition ⁴  by David, which he sang to the Lord concerning ⁵  a Benjaminite named Cush. ⁶ 

7:1 O Lord my God, in you I have taken shelter. ⁷ 

Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me!

Psalms 28:9

28:9 Deliver your people!

Empower ⁸  the nation that belongs to you! ⁹ 

Care for them like a shepherd and carry them in your arms ¹⁰  at all times! ¹¹ 

Psalms 28:2

28:2 Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help,

when I lift my hands ¹²  toward your holy temple! ¹³ 

Psalms 7:17

7:17 I will thank the Lord for ¹⁴  his justice;

I will sing praises to the sovereign Lord! ¹⁵ 

[132:2]  ¹ tn Heb “the powerful [one] of Jacob.”

[7:14]  ² tn Heb “and he conceives harm and gives birth to a lie.”

[7:1]  ³ sn Psalm 7. The psalmist asks the Lord to intervene and deliver him from his enemies. He protests his innocence and declares his confidence in God’s justice.

[7:1]  ⁴ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew term שִׁגָּיוֹן (shiggayon; translated here “musical composition”) is uncertain. Some derive the noun from the verbal root שָׁגָה (shagah, “swerve, reel”) and understand it as referring to a “wild, passionate song, with rapid changes of rhythm” (see BDB 993 s.v. שִׁגָּיוֹן). But this proposal is purely speculative. The only other appearance of the noun is in Hab 3:1, where it occurs in the plural.

[7:1]  ⁵ tn Or “on account of.”

[7:1]  ⁶ sn Apparently this individual named Cush was one of David’s enemies.

[7:1]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew perfect verbal form probably refers here to a completed action with continuing results.

[28:9]  ⁸ tn Or “bless.”

[28:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “your inheritance.” The parallelism (note “your people”) indicates that Israel is in view.

[28:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “shepherd them and lift them up.”

[28:9]  ¹¹ tn Or “forever.”

[28:2]  ¹² sn I lift my hands. Lifting one’s hands toward God was a gesture of prayer.

[28:2]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew term דְּבִיר (dÿvir, “temple”) actually refers to the most holy place within the sanctuary.

[7:17]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “according to.”

[7:17]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “[to] the name of the Lord Most High.” God’s “name” refers metonymically to his divine characteristics as suggested by his name, in this case the compound “Lord Most High.” The divine title “Most High” (עֶלְיוֹן, ’elyon) pictures God as the exalted ruler of the universe who vindicates the innocent and judges the wicked. See especially Ps 47:2.