Psalms 27:13

27:13 Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience

the Lord’s favor in the land of the living? ¹ 

Psalms 36:9

36:9 For you are the one who gives

and sustains life. ² 

Psalms 38:19

38:19 But those who are my enemies for no reason are numerous; ³ 

those who hate me without cause outnumber me. ⁴ 

Psalms 69:28

69:28 May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! ⁵ 

Do not let their names be listed with the godly! ⁶ 

[27:13]  ¹ tn In the Hebrew text the sentence is incomplete: “If I had not believed [I would] see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” The words “Where would I be” are supplied in the translation to clarify the intent of the statement.

[36:9]  ² 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.

[38:19]  ³ tn Heb “and my enemies, life, are many.” The noun חַיִּים (khayyim, “life”) fits very awkwardly here. The translation assumes an emendation to חִנָּם (khinam, “without reason”; note the parallelism with שֶׁקֶר [sheqer, “falsely”] and see Pss 35:19; 69:4; Lam 3:52). The verb עָצַם (’atsam) can sometimes mean “are strong,” but here it probably focuses on numerical superiority (note the parallel verb רָבַב, ravav, “be many”).

[38:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “are many.”

[69:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “let them be wiped out of the scroll of the living.”

[69:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “and with the godly let them not be written.”