Psalms 18:23

18:23 I was innocent before him,

and kept myself from sinning. ¹ 

Psalms 37:12

37:12 Evil men plot against the godly ² 

and viciously attack them. ³ 

Psalms 65:6

65:6 You created the mountains by your power, ⁴ 

and demonstrated your strength. ⁵ 

Psalms 87:1

Psalm 87 ⁶ 

Written by the Korahites; a psalm, a song.

87:1 The Lord’s city is in the holy hills. ⁷ 

Psalms 106:31

106:31 This brought him a reward,

an eternal gift. ⁸ 

Psalms 106:33

106:33 for they aroused ⁹  his temper, ¹⁰ 

and he spoke rashly. ¹¹ 

Psalms 112:6

112:6 For he will never be upended;

others will always remember one who is just. ¹² 

Psalms 116:10

116:10 I had faith when I said,

“I am severely oppressed.”

Psalms 132:9

132:9 May your priests be clothed with integrity! ¹³ 

May your loyal followers shout for joy!

Psalms 135:19

135:19 O family ¹⁴  of Israel, praise the Lord!

O family of Aaron, praise the Lord!

Psalms 136:21

136:21 and gave their land as an inheritance,

for his loyal love endures,

[18:23]  ¹ tn Heb “from my sin,” that is, from making it my own in any way.

[37:12]  ² tn Or “innocent.” The singular is used here in a representative sense; the typical evildoer and the typical godly individual are in view.

[37:12]  ³ tn Heb “and gnashes at him with his teeth” (see Ps 35:16). The language may picture the evil men as wild animals. The active participles in v. 12 are used for purposes of dramatic description.

[65:6]  ³ tn Heb “[the] one who establishes [the] mountains by his power.”

[65:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “one [who] is girded with strength”; or “one [who] girds himself with strength.”

[87:1]  ⁴ sn Psalm 87. The psalmist celebrates the Lord’s presence in Zion and the special status of its citizens.

[87:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “his foundation [is] in the hills of holiness.” The expression “his foundation” refers here by metonymy to the Lord’s dwelling place in Zion. The “hills” are the ones surrounding Zion (see Pss 125:2; 133:3).

[106:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “and it was reckoned to him for righteousness, to a generation and a generation forever.” The verb חָשַׁב (khashav, “to reckon”) is collocated with צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah, “righteousness”) only in Ps 106:31 and Gen 15:6, where God rewards Abram’s faith with a land grant.

[106:33]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text vocalizes the form as הִמְרוּ (himru), a Hiphil from מָרָה (marah, “to behave rebelliously”), but the verb fits better with the object (“his spirit”) if it is revocalized as הֵמֵרוּ (hemeru), a Hiphil from מָרַר (marar, “to be bitter”). The Israelites “embittered” Moses’ “spirit” in the sense that they aroused his temper with their complaints.

[106:33]  ⁷ tn Heb “his spirit.”

[106:33]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew text adds “with his lips,” but this has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[112:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “for an eternal memorial a just [one] will be.”

[132:9]  ⁸ tn Or “righteousness.”

[135:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “house” (here and in the next two lines).