Psalms 145:7

145:7 They will talk about the fame of your great kindness, ¹ 

and sing about your justice. ² 

Psalms 27:13

27:13 Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience

the Lord’s favor in the land of the living? ³ 

Psalms 119:66

119:66 Teach me proper discernment ⁴  and understanding!

For I consider your commands to be reliable. ⁵ 

Psalms 25:7

25:7 Do not hold against me ⁶  the sins of my youth ⁷  or my rebellious acts!

Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O Lord! ⁸ 

Psalms 65:4

65:4 How blessed ⁹  is the one whom you choose,

and allow to live in your palace courts. ¹⁰ 

May we be satisfied with the good things of your house –

your holy palace. ¹¹ 

Psalms 128:5

128:5 May the Lord bless you ¹²  from Zion,

that you might see ¹³  Jerusalem ¹⁴  prosper

all the days of your life,

Psalms 31:19

31:19 How great is your favor, ¹⁵ 

which you store up for your loyal followers! ¹⁶ 

In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter ¹⁷  in you. ¹⁸ 

[145:7]  ¹ tn Heb “the fame of the greatness of your goodness.”

[145:7]  ² tn The prefixed verbal forms in v. 7 are understood as imperfects, indicating how the psalmist expects his audience to respond to his praise. Another option is to take the forms as jussives, indicating the psalmist’s wish, “may they talk…and sing.”

[27:13]  ³ tn In the Hebrew text the sentence is incomplete: “If I had not believed [I would] see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” The words “Where would I be” are supplied in the translation to clarify the intent of the statement.

[119:66]  ⁵ tn Heb “goodness of taste.” Here “taste” refers to moral and ethical discernment.

[119:66]  ⁶ tn Heb “for I believe in your commands.”

[25:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “do not remember,” with the intention of punishing.

[25:7]  ⁸ sn That is, the sins characteristic of youths, who lack moral discretion and wisdom.

[25:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “according to your faithfulness, remember me, you, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord.”

[65:4]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew noun is an abstract plural. The word often refers metonymically to the happiness that God-given security and prosperity produce (see Pss 1:1; 2:12; 34:9; 41:1; 84:12; 89:15; 106:3; 112:1; 127:5; 128:1; 144:15).

[65:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “[whom] you bring near [so that] he might live [in] your courts.”

[65:4]  ¹¹ tn Or “temple.”

[128:5]  ¹¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive of prayer (note the imperatives that are subordinated to this clause in vv. 5b-6a). Having described the blessings that typically come to the godly, the psalmist concludes by praying that this ideal may become reality for the representative godly man being addressed.

[128:5]  ¹² tn The imperative with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding jussive.

[128:5]  ¹³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[31:19]  ¹³ tn Or “How abundant are your blessings!”

[31:19]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “for those who fear you.”

[31:19]  ¹⁵ tn “Taking shelter” in the Lord is an idiom for seeking his protection. Seeking his protection presupposes and even demonstrates the subject’s loyalty to the Lord. In the psalms those who “take shelter” in the Lord are contrasted with the wicked and equated with those who love, fear, and serve the Lord (Pss 2:12; 5:11-12; 34:21-22).

[31:19]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “you work [your favor] for the ones seeking shelter in you before the sons of men.”