Psalms 25:14

25:14 The Lord’s loyal followers receive his guidance, ¹ 

and he reveals his covenantal demands to them. ² 

Psalms 64:2

64:2 Hide me from the plots of evil men,

from the crowd of evildoers. ³ 

Psalms 83:3

83:3 They carefully plot ⁴  against your people,

and make plans to harm ⁵  the ones you cherish. ⁶ 

Psalms 55:14

55:14 We would share personal thoughts with each other; ⁷ 

in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd.

Psalms 89:7

89:7 a God who is honored ⁸  in the great angelic assembly, ⁹ 

and more awesome than ¹⁰  all who surround him?

Psalms 111:1

Psalm 111 ¹¹ 

111:1 Praise the Lord!

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,

in the assembly of the godly and the congregation.

[25:14]  ¹ tn Heb “the advice of the Lord belongs to those who fear him.”

[25:14]  ² tn Heb “and his covenant, to make them know.”

[64:2]  ³ tn Heb “workers of wickedness.”

[83:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “they make crafty a plot.”

[83:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “and consult together against.”

[83:3]  ⁷ tn The passive participle of the Hebrew verb צָפַן (tsafan, “to hide”) is used here in the sense of “treasured; cherished.”

[55:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “who together we would make counsel sweet.” The imperfect verbal forms here and in the next line draw attention to the ongoing nature of the actions (the so-called customary use of the imperfect). Their relationship was characterized by such intimacy and friendship. See IBHS 502-3 §31.2b.

[89:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “feared.”

[89:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in the great assembly of the holy ones.”

[89:7]  ¹¹ tn Or perhaps “feared by.”

[111:1]  ¹¹ sn Psalm 111. The psalmist praises God for his marvelous deeds, especially the way in which he provides for and delivers his people. The psalm is an acrostic. After the introductory call to praise, every poetic line (twenty-two in all) begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.