Psalms 31:21

31:21 The Lord deserves praise ¹ 

for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies. ² 

Psalms 86:5

86:5 Certainly ³  O Lord, you are kind ⁴  and forgiving,

and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.

Psalms 89:28

89:28 I will always extend my loyal love to him,

and my covenant with him is secure. ⁵ 

Psalms 109:21

109:21 O sovereign Lord,

intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation! ⁶ 

Because your loyal love is good, deliver me!

Psalms 145:8

145:8 The Lord is merciful and compassionate;

he is patient ⁷  and demonstrates great loyal love. ⁸ 

[31:21]  ¹ tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord.”

[31:21]  ² tn Heb “for he caused his faithfulness to be amazing to me in a besieged city.” The psalmist probably speaks figuratively here. He compares his crisis to being trapped in a besieged city, but the Lord answered his prayer for help. Verses 19-24 were apparently written after the Lord answered the prayer of vv. 1-18.

[86:5]  ³ tn Or “for.”

[86:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “good.”

[89:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “forever I will keep for him my loyal love and will make my covenant secure for him.”

[109:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “but you, Lord, Master, do with me for the sake of your name.” Here “name” stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

[145:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “slow to anger” (see Pss 86:15; 103:8).

[145:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and great of loyal love” (see Pss 86:15; 103:8).