Psalms 26:9

26:9 Do not sweep me away ¹  with sinners,

or execute me along with violent people, ² 

Psalms 37:28

37:28 For the Lord promotes ³  justice,

and never abandons ⁴  his faithful followers.

They are permanently secure, ⁵ 

but the children ⁶  of evil men are wiped out. ⁷ 

Psalms 71:11

71:11 They say, ⁸  “God has abandoned him.

Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!”

Psalms 71:1

Psalm 71 ⁹ 

71:1 In you, O Lord, I have taken shelter!

Never let me be humiliated!

Psalms 12:1

Psalm 12 ¹⁰ 

For the music director; according to the sheminith style; ¹¹  a psalm of David.

12:1 Deliver, Lord!

For the godly ¹²  have disappeared; ¹³ 

people of integrity ¹⁴  have vanished. ¹⁵ 

Hebrews 13:5

13:5 Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.” ¹⁶ 

[26:9]  ¹ tn Heb “do not gather up my life with.”

[26:9]  ² tn Heb “or with men of bloodshed my life.” The verb is supplied; it is understood by ellipsis (see the preceding line).

[37:28]  ³ tn Heb “loves.” The verb “loves” is here metonymic; the Lord’s commitment to principles of justice causes him to actively promote these principles as he governs the world. The active participle describes characteristic behavior.

[37:28]  ⁴ tn The imperfect verbal form draws attention to this generalizing statement.

[37:28]  ⁵ tn Or “protected forever.”

[37:28]  ⁶ tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

[37:28]  ⁷ tn Or “cut off”; or “removed.” The perfect verbal forms in v. 28b state general truths.

[71:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “saying.”

[71:1]  ⁹ sn Psalm 71. The psalmist prays for divine intervention and expresses his confidence that God will protect and vindicate him. The first three verses are very similar to Ps 31:1-3a.

[12:1]  ¹⁰ sn Psalm 12. The psalmist asks the Lord to intervene, for society is overrun by deceitful, arrogant oppressors and godly individuals are a dying breed. When the Lord announces his intention to defend the oppressed, the psalmist affirms his confidence in the divine promise.

[12:1]  ¹¹ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term שְׁמִינִית (shÿminit) is uncertain; perhaps it refers to a particular style of music. See 1 Chr 15:21.

[12:1]  ¹² tn The singular form is collective or representative. Note the plural form “faithful [ones]” in the following line. A “godly [one]” (חָסִיד, khasid) is one who does what is right in God’s eyes and remains faithful to God (see Pss 4:3; 18:25; 31:23; 37:28; 86:2; 97:10).

[12:1]  ¹³ tn Or “have come to an end.”

[12:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the faithful [ones] from the sons of man.”

[12:1]  ¹⁵ tn The Hebrew verb פָּסַס (pasas) occurs only here. An Akkadian cognate means “efface, blot out.”

[13:5]  ¹⁶ sn A quotation from Deut 31:6, 8.