Psalms 18:35

18:35 You give me your protective shield; ¹ 

your right hand supports me; ² 

your willingness to help ³  enables me to prevail. ⁴ 

Psalms 49:16

49:16 Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich ⁵ 

and his wealth multiplies! ⁶ 

Psalms 130:7

130:7 O Israel, hope in the Lord,

for the Lord exhibits loyal love, ⁷ 

and is more than willing to deliver. ⁸ 

[18:35]  ¹ tn Heb “and you give to me the shield of your deliverance.”

[18:35]  ² tc 2 Sam 22:36 omits this line, perhaps due to homoioarcton. A scribe’s eye may have jumped from the vav (ו) prefixed to “your right hand” to the vav prefixed to the following “and your answer,” causing the copyist to omit by accident the intervening words (“your right hand supports me and”).

[18:35]  ³ tn The MT of Ps 18:35 appears to read, “your condescension,” apparently referring to God’s willingness to intervene (cf. NIV “you stoop down”). However, the noun עֲנָוָה (’anavah) elsewhere means “humility” and is used only here of God. The form עַנְוַתְךָ (’anvatÿkha) may be a fully written form of the suffixed infinitive construct of עָנָה (’anah, “to answer”; a defectively written form of the infinitive appears in 2 Sam 22:36). In this case the psalmist refers to God’s willingness to answer his prayer; one might translate, “your favorable response.”

[18:35]  ⁴ tn Heb “makes me great.”

[49:16]  ⁵ sn When a man becomes rich. Why would people fear such a development? The acquisition of wealth makes individuals powerful and enables them to oppress others (see vv. 5-6).

[49:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “when the glory of his house grows great.”

[130:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “for with the Lord [is] loyal love.”

[130:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and abundantly with him [is] redemption.”