Discovery BoxPsalms 22:26
Context22:26 Let the oppressed eat and be filled! 1
Let those who seek his help praise the Lord!
May you 2 live forever!
Psalms 35:27
Context35:27 May those who desire my vindication shout for joy and rejoice!
May they continually say, 3 “May the Lord be praised, 4 for he wants his servant to be secure.” 5
Psalms 68:3
Context68:3 But the godly 6 are happy;
they rejoice before God
and are overcome with joy. 7
Psalms 105:3
Context105:3 Boast about his holy name!
Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
Isaiah 65:13-14
Context65:13 So this is what the sovereign Lord says:
“Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry!
Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty!
Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!
65:14 Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! 8
But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; 9
you will wail because your spirits will be crushed. 10
[22:26] 1 sn Eat and be filled. In addition to praising the Lord, the psalmist also offers a thank offering to the Lord and invites others to share in a communal meal.
[22:26] 2 tn Heb “may your heart[s].”
[35:27] 3 tn The prefixed verbal forms in v. 27a are understood as jussives (see vv. 24b-26).
[35:27] 4 tn The prefixed verbal form is taken as a jussive, “may the
[35:27] 5 tn Heb “the one who desires the peace of his servant.”
[68:3] 6 tn By placing the subject first the psalmist highlights the contrast between God’s ecstatic people and his defeated enemies (vv. 1-2).
[68:3] 7 tn Heb “and they are happy with joy” (cf. NEB). Some translate the prefixed verbal forms of v. 3 as jussives, “Let the godly be happy, let them rejoice before God, and let them be happy with joy!” (Cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV; note the call to praise in v. 4.)
[65:14] 8 tn Heb “from the good of the heart.”
