Psalms 25:8

25:8 The Lord is both kind and fair; ¹ 

that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live. ² 

Psalms 35:16

35:16 When I tripped, they taunted me relentlessly, ³ 

and tried to bite me. ⁴ 

Psalms 77:7

77:7 I asked, ⁵  “Will the Lord reject me forever?

Will he never again show me his favor?

Psalms 103:2

103:2 Praise the Lord, O my soul!

Do not forget all his kind deeds! ⁶ 

Psalms 103:8

103:8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful;

he is patient ⁷  and demonstrates great loyal love. ⁸ 

Psalms 116:5

116:5 The Lord is merciful and fair;

our God is compassionate.

Psalms 119:68

119:68 You are good and you do good.

Teach me your statutes!

[25:8]  ¹ tn Heb “good and just.”

[25:8]  ² tn Heb “teaches sinners in the way.”

[35:16]  ³ tc The MT reads “as profane [ones] of mockers of food,” which is nonsensical. The present translation assumes (1) an emendation of בְּחַנְפֵי (bÿkhanfey, “as profane men”) to בְּחַנְפִי (bekhanfiy, “when I tripped”; preposition + Qal infinitive construct from II חָנַף [“limp”] + first common singular pronominal suffix) and (2) an emendation of לַעֲגֵי מָעוֹג (la’agey ma’og, “mockers of food”) to עָגוּ[ם]לַעְגָּ (la’gam ’agu, “[with] taunting they taunted”; masculine plural noun with enclitic mem + Qal perfect third common plural from לַּעַג [la’ag, “taunt”]).

[35:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “gnashing at me with their teeth.” The infinitive absolute adds a complementary action – they gnashed with their teeth as they taunted.

[77:7]  ⁵ tn As in vv. 4 and 6a, the words of vv. 7-9 are understood as a quotation of what the psalmist said earlier. Therefore the words “I asked” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[103:2]  ⁷ tn Or “his benefits” (see 2 Chr 32:25, where the noun is also used of kind deeds performed by the Lord).

[103:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “slow to anger” (see Ps 86:15).

[103:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and great of loyal love” (see Ps 86:15).