Psalms 16:11

16:11 You lead me in ¹  the path of life; ² 

I experience absolute joy in your presence; ³ 

you always give me sheer delight. ⁴ 

Psalms 50:23

50:23 Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me. ⁵ 

To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver.” ⁶ 

Isaiah 45:17

45:17 Israel will be delivered once and for all by the Lord; ⁷ 

you will never again be ashamed or humiliated. ⁸ 

Luke 2:30

2:30 For my eyes have seen your salvation ⁹ 

Luke 3:6

3:6 and all humanity ¹⁰  will see the salvation of God.’” ¹¹ 

[16:11]  ¹ tn Heb “cause me to know”; or “cause me to experience.”

[16:11]  ² tn This is a metaphorical way of saying, “you preserve my life.” The phrase “path of life” stands in contrast to death/Sheol in Prov 2:18-19; 5:5-6; 15:24.

[16:11]  ³ tn Heb “abundance of joy [is] with your face.” The plural form of the noun שִׂמְחָה (simkhah, “joy”) occurs only here and in Ps 45:15. It may emphasize the degree of joy experienced.

[16:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “delight [is] in your right hand forever.” The plural form of the adjective נָעִים (na’im, “pleasant, delightful”) may here emphasize the degree of delight experienced (see Job 36:11).

[50:23]  ⁵ sn The reference to a thank-offering recalls the earlier statement made in v. 14. Gratitude characterizes genuine worship.

[50:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “and [to one who] sets a way I will show the deliverance of God.” Elsewhere the phrase “set a way” simply means “to travel” (see Gen 30:36; cf. NRSV). The present translation assumes an emendation of וְשָׂם דֶּרֶךְ (vÿsam derekh) to וְשֹׁמֵר דְּרָכַּי (vÿshomer dÿrakhay, “and [the one who] keeps my ways” [i.e., commands, see Pss 18:21; 37:34). Another option is to read וְשֹׁמֵר דַּרְכּוֹ (vÿshomer darko, “and [the one who] guards his way,” i.e., “the one who is careful to follow a godly lifestyle”; see Ps 39:1).

[45:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “Israel will be delivered by the Lord [with] a permanent deliverance.”

[45:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “you will not be ashamed and you will not be humiliated for ages of future time.”

[2:30]  ⁹ sn To see Jesus, the Messiah, is to see God’s salvation.

[3:6]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “all flesh.”

[3:6]  ¹¹ sn A quotation from Isa 40:3-5. Though all the synoptic gospels use this citation from Isaiah, only Luke cites the material of vv. 5-6. His goal may well be to get to the declaration of v. 6, where all humanity (i.e., all nations) see God’s salvation (see also Luke 24:47).