Psalms 25:9

25:9 May he show ¹  the humble what is right! ² 

May he teach ³  the humble his way!

Psalms 72:2

72:2 Then he will judge ⁴  your people fairly,

and your oppressed ones ⁵  equitably.

Psalms 112:5

112:5 It goes well for the one ⁶  who generously lends money,

and conducts his business honestly. ⁷ 

Psalms 1:5

1:5 For this reason ⁸  the wicked cannot withstand ⁹  judgment, ¹⁰ 

nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly. ¹¹ 

Psalms 143:2

143:2 Do not sit in judgment on ¹²  your servant,

for no one alive is innocent before you. ¹³ 

[25:9]  ¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is jussive; the psalmist expresses his prayer.

[25:9]  ² tn Heb “may he guide the humble into justice.” The Hebrew term עֲנָוִים (’anavim, “humble”) usually refers to the oppressed, but in this context, where the psalmist confesses his sin and asks for moral guidance, it apparently refers to sinners who humble themselves before God and seek deliverance from their sinful condition.

[25:9]  ³ tn The prefixed verbal form is interpreted as a jussive (it stands parallel to the jussive form, “may he guide”).

[72:2]  ⁴ tn The prefixed verbal form appears to be an imperfect, not a jussive.

[72:2]  ⁵ sn These people are called God’s oppressed ones because he is their defender (see Pss 9:12, 18; 10:12; 12:5).

[112:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “man.”

[112:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “he sustains his matters with justice.”

[1:5]  ¹⁰ tn Or “Therefore.”

[1:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “arise in,” but the verb is used metonymically here in the sense of “stand”; “endure,” as in 1 Sam 13:14 and Job 8:15. The negated Hebrew imperfect verbal form is here taken as indicating incapability or lack of potential, though one could understand the verb form as indicating what is typical (“do not withstand”) or what will happen (“will not withstand”).

[1:5]  ¹² tn Heb “the judgment.” The article indicates a judgment that is definite in the mind of the speaker. In the immediate context this probably does not refer to the “final judgment” described in later biblical revelation, but to a temporal/historical judgment which the author anticipates. Periodically during the OT period, God would come in judgment, removing the wicked from the scene, while preserving a godly remnant (see Gen 6-9; Ps 37; Hab 3).

[1:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “and sinners in the assembly (or “circle”) of [the] godly.” The negative particle and verb from the preceding line are assumed by ellipsis here (“will not arise/stand”).

[143:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “do not enter into judgment with.”

[143:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “for no one living is innocent before you.”