Psalms 24:6

24:6 Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor,

Jacob’s descendants, who pray to him. ¹  (Selah)

Psalms 44:4

44:4 You are my ²  king, O God!

Decree ³  Jacob’s ⁴  deliverance!

Psalms 75:9

75:9 As for me, I will continually tell what you have done; ⁵ 

I will sing praises to the God of Jacob!

Psalms 76:6

76:6 At the sound of your battle cry, ⁶  O God of Jacob,

both rider ⁷  and horse “fell asleep.” ⁸ 

Psalms 77:15

77:15 You delivered ⁹  your people by your strength ¹⁰  –

the children of Jacob and Joseph. (Selah)

Psalms 79:7

79:7 For they have devoured Jacob

and destroyed his home.

Psalms 81:4

81:4 For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel; ¹¹ 

it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob.

Psalms 87:2

87:2 The Lord loves the gates of Zion

more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

Psalms 94:7

94:7 Then they say, “The Lord does not see this;

the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.” ¹² 

Psalms 114:1

Psalm 114 ¹³ 

114:1 When Israel left Egypt,

when the family of Jacob left a foreign nation behind, ¹⁴ 

Psalms 114:7

114:7 Tremble, O earth, before the Lord –

before the God of Jacob,

Psalms 132:5

132:5 until I find a place for the Lord,

a fine dwelling place ¹⁵  for the powerful ruler of Jacob.” ¹⁶ 

Psalms 135:4

135:4 Indeed, ¹⁷  the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,

Israel to be his special possession. ¹⁸ 

Psalms 146:5

146:5 How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob,

whose hope is in the Lord his God,

[24:6]  ¹ tn Heb “this [is the] generation of the ones seeking him, the ones seeking your face, Jacob.” To “seek the Lord’s face” means to seek his favor through prayer (see 2 Sam 21:1; Pss 27:8; 105:4).

[44:4]  ² sn The speaker changes here to an individual, perhaps the worship leader or the king. The oscillation between singular (vv. 4, 6) and plural (vv. 1-3, 5, 7-8) in vv. 1-8 may reflect an antiphonal ceremony.

[44:4]  ³ tc The LXX assumes a participle here (מְצַוֶּה [mÿtsavveh], “the one who commands/decrees”) which would stand in apposition to “my God.” It is possible that the MT, which has the imperative (צַוֵּה, tsavveh) form, has suffered haplography of the letter mem (ם). Note that the preceding word (אֱלֹהִים, ’elohim) ends in mem. Another option is that the MT is divided in the wrong place; perhaps one could move the final mem from אֱלֹהִים to the beginning of the next word and read מְצַוֶּה אֱלֹהָי (’elohay mÿtsavveh, “[You are my king,] my God, the one who decrees”).

[44:4]  ⁴ tn That is, Israel. See Pss 14:7; 22:23.

[75:9]  ³ tn Heb “I will declare forever.” The object needs to be supplied; God’s just judgment is in view.

[76:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “from your shout.” The noun is derived from the Hebrew verb גָּעַר (ga’ar), which is often understood to mean “rebuke.” In some cases it is apparent that scolding or threatening is in view (see Gen 37:10; Ruth 2:16; Zech 3:2). However, in militaristic contexts this translation is inadequate, for the verb refers in this setting to the warrior’s battle cry, which terrifies and paralyzes the enemy. See A. Caquot, TDOT 3:53, and note the use of the verb in Pss 68:30; 106:9; Nah 1:4, as well as the related noun in Job 26:11; Pss 9:5; 18:15; 104:7; Isa 50:2; 51:20; 66:15.

[76:6]  ⁵ tn Or “chariot,” but even so the term is metonymic for the charioteer.

[76:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “he fell asleep, and [the] chariot and [the] horse.” Once again (see v. 5) “sleep” refers here to the “sleep” of death.

[77:15]  ⁵ tn Or “redeemed.”

[77:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “with [your] arm.”

[81:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “because a statute for Israel [is] it.”

[94:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “does not understand.”

[114:1]  ⁸ sn Psalm 114. The psalmist recalls the events of the exodus and conquest and celebrates God’s kingship over his covenant people.

[114:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “the house of Jacob from a nation speaking a foreign language.” The Hebrew verb לָעַז (la’at, “to speak a foreign language”) occurs only here in the OT.

[132:5]  ⁹ tn The plural form of the noun may indicate degree or quality; David envisions a special dwelling place (see Pss 43:3; 46:4; 84:1).

[132:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the powerful [one] of Jacob.”

[135:4]  ¹⁰ tn Or “for.”

[135:4]  ¹¹ sn His special possession. The language echoes Exod 19:5; Deut 7:6; 14:2; 26:18. See also Mal 3:17.