Psalms 25:2

25:2 My God, I trust in you.

Please do not let me be humiliated;

do not let my enemies triumphantly rejoice over me!

Psalms 35:24

35:24 Vindicate me by your justice, O Lord my God!

Do not let them gloat ¹  over me!

Psalms 41:11

41:11 By this ²  I know that you are pleased with me,

for my enemy does ³  not triumph ⁴  over me.

Psalms 42:7

42:7 One deep stream calls out to another ⁵  at the sound of your waterfalls; ⁶ 

all your billows and waves overwhelm me. ⁷ 

Psalms 68:34

68:34 Acknowledge God’s power, ⁸ 

his sovereignty over Israel,

and the power he reveals in the skies! ⁹ 

[35:24]  ¹ tn Heb “rejoice.”

[41:11]  ¹ sn By this. Having recalled his former lament and petition, the psalmist returns to the confident mood of vv. 1-3. The basis for his confidence may be a divine oracle of deliverance, assuring him that God would intervene and vindicate him. The demonstrative pronoun “this” may refer to such an oracle, which is assumed here, though its contents are not included. See P. C. Craigie, Psalms 1-50 (WBC), 319, 321.

[41:11]  ² tn Or “will.” One may translate the imperfect verbal form as descriptive (present, cf. NIV) or as anticipatory (future, cf. NEB).

[41:11]  ³ tn Heb “shout.”

[42:7]  ¹ tn Heb “deep calls to deep.” The Hebrew noun תְּהוֹם (tÿhom) often refers to the deep sea, but here, where it is associated with Hermon, it probably refers to mountain streams. The word can be used of streams and rivers (see Deut 8:7; Ezek 31:4).

[42:7]  ² tn The noun צִנּוֹר (tsinnor, “waterfall”) occurs only here and in 2 Sam 5:8, where it apparently refers to a water shaft. The psalmist alludes to the loud rushing sound of mountain streams and cascading waterfalls. Using the poetic device of personification, he imagines the streams calling out to each other as they hear the sound of the waterfalls.

[42:7]  ³ tn Heb “pass over me” (see Jonah 2:3). As he hears the sound of the rushing water, the psalmist imagines himself engulfed in the current. By implication he likens his emotional distress to such an experience.

[68:34]  ¹ tn Heb “give strength to God.”

[68:34]  ² sn The language of v. 34 echoes that of Deut 33:26.