Psalms 26:5

26:5 I hate the mob ¹  of evil men,

and do not associate ²  with the wicked.

Psalms 36:9

36:9 For you are the one who gives

and sustains life. ³ 

Psalms 69:28

69:28 May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! ⁴ 

Do not let their names be listed with the godly! ⁵ 

Psalms 72:5

72:5 People will fear ⁶  you ⁷  as long as the sun and moon remain in the sky,

for generation after generation. ⁸ 

Psalms 73:5

73:5 They are immune to the trouble common to men;

they do not suffer as other men do. ⁹ 

Psalms 73:22

73:22 I was ignorant ¹⁰  and lacked insight; ¹¹ 

I was as senseless as an animal before you. ¹² 

Psalms 73:25

73:25 Whom do I have in heaven but you?

I desire no one but you on earth. ¹³ 

Psalms 78:37

78:37 They were not really committed to him, ¹⁴ 

and they were unfaithful to his covenant.

Psalms 83:7

83:7 Gebal, ¹⁵  Ammon, and Amalek,

Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre. ¹⁶ 

Psalms 85:4

85:4 Restore us, O God our deliverer!

Do not be displeased with us! ¹⁷ 

Psalms 89:21

89:21 My hand will support him, ¹⁸ 

and my arm will strengthen him.

Psalms 89:24

89:24 He will experience my faithfulness and loyal love, ¹⁹ 

and by my name he will win victories. ²⁰ 

Psalms 89:33

89:33 But I will not remove ²¹  my loyal love from him,

nor be unfaithful to my promise. ²² 

Psalms 89:38

89:38 But you have spurned ²³  and rejected him;

you are angry with your chosen king. ²⁴ 

Psalms 91:15

91:15 When he calls out to me, I will answer him.

I will be with him when he is in trouble;

I will rescue him and bring him honor.

Psalms 120:6

120:6 For too long I have had to reside

with those who hate ²⁵  peace.

[26:5]  ¹ tn Heb “assembly, company.”

[26:5]  ² tn Heb “sit.” The psalmist uses the imperfect form of the verb to emphasize that he does not make a practice of associating with such people.

[36:9]  ³ tn Heb “for with you is the fountain of life, in your light we see light.” Water (note “fountain”) and light are here metaphors for life.

[69:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “let them be wiped out of the scroll of the living.”

[69:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “and with the godly let them not be written.”

[72:5]  ⁷ tn In this context “fear” probably means “to demonstrate respect for the Lord’s power and authority by worshiping him and obeying his commandments.” See Ps 33:8. Some interpreters, with the support of the LXX, prefer to read וְיַאֲרִיךְ (vÿ’a’arikh, “and he [the king in this case] will prolong [days]”), that is, “will live a long time” (cf. NIV, NRSV).

[72:5]  ⁸ tn God is the addressee (see vv. 1-2).

[72:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “with [the] sun, and before [the] moon [for] a generation, generations.” The rare expression דּוֹר דּוֹרִים (dor dorim, “generation, generations”) occurs only here, in Ps 102:24, and in Isa 51:8.

[73:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “in the trouble of man they are not, and with mankind they are not afflicted.”

[73:22]  ¹¹ tn Or “brutish, stupid.”

[73:22]  ¹² tn Heb “and I was not knowing.”

[73:22]  ¹³ tn Heb “an animal I was with you.”

[73:25]  ¹³ tn Heb “Who [is there] for me in heaven? And besides you I do not desire [anyone] in the earth.” The psalmist uses a merism (heaven/earth) to emphasize that God is the sole object of his desire and worship in the entire universe.

[78:37]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and their heart was not firm with him.”

[83:7]  ¹⁷ sn Some identify Gebal with the Phoenician coastal city of Byblos (see Ezek 27:9, where the name is spelled differently), though others locate this site south of the Dead Sea (see BDB 148 s.v. גְּבַל; HALOT 174 s.v. גְּבַל).

[83:7]  ¹⁸ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[85:4]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “break your displeasure with us.” Some prefer to emend הָפֵר (hafer, “break”) to הָסֵר (haser, “turn aside”).

[89:21]  ²¹ tn Heb “with whom my hand will be firm.”

[89:24]  ²³ tn Heb “and my faithfulness and my loyal love [will be] with him.”

[89:24]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and by my name his horn will be lifted up.” The horn of an ox underlies the metaphor (see Deut 33:17; 1 Kgs 22:11; Ps 92:10). The horn of the wild ox is frequently a metaphor for military strength; the idiom “exalt/lift up the horn” signifies military victory (see 1 Sam 2:10; Pss 75:10; 92:10; Lam 2:17).

[89:33]  ²⁵ tn Heb “break”; “make ineffectual.” Some prefer to emend אָפִיר (’afir; the Hiphil of פָּרַר, parar, “to break”) to אָסִיר (’asir; the Hiphil of סוּר, sur, “to turn aside”), a verb that appears in 2 Sam 7:15.

[89:33]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and I will not deal falsely with my faithfulness.”

[89:38]  ²⁷ tn The Hebrew construction (conjunction + pronoun, followed by the verb) draws attention to the contrast between what follows and what precedes.

[89:38]  ²⁸ tn Heb “your anointed one.” The Hebrew phrase מְשִׁיחֶךָ (mÿshikhekha, “your anointed one”) refers here to the Davidic king (see Pss 2:2; 18:50; 20:6; 28:8; 84:9; 132:10, 17).

[120:6]  ²⁹ tn The singular participial form probably has a representative function here. The psalmist envisions the typical hater of peace who represents the entire category of such individuals.