Psalms 24:6

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

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

Psalms 71:16

71:16 I will come and tell about ²  the mighty acts of the sovereign Lord.

I will proclaim your justice – yours alone.

Psalms 90:1

Book 4
(Psalms 90-106)

Psalm 90 ³ 

A prayer of Moses, the man of God.

90:1 O Lord, you have been our protector ⁴  through all generations!

Psalms 141:8

141:8 Surely I am looking to you, ⁵  O sovereign Lord.

In you I take shelter.

Do not expose me to danger! ⁶ 

[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).

[71:16]  ² tn Heb “I will come with.”

[90:1]  ³ sn Psalm 90. In this communal lament the worship leader affirms that the eternal God and creator of the world has always been Israel’s protector. But God also causes men, who are as transient as grass, to die, and in his fierce anger he decimates his covenant community, whose brief lives are filled with suffering and end in weakness. The community asks for wisdom, the restoration of God’s favor, a fresh revelation of his power, and his blessing upon their labors.

[90:1]  ⁴ tn Or “place of safety.” See Ps 71:3.

[141:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “my eyes [are] toward you.”

[141:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “do not lay bare my life.” Only here is the Piel form of the verb collocated with the term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “life”). In Isa 53:12 the Lord’s servant “lays bare (the Hiphil form of the verb is used) his life to death.”