Psalms 33:20

33:20 We ¹  wait for the Lord;

he is our deliverer ²  and shield. ³ 

Psalms 73:16

73:16 When I tried to make sense of this,

it was troubling to me. ⁴ 

Psalms 99:3

99:3 Let them praise your great and awesome name!

He ⁵  is holy!

Psalms 102:27

102:27 But you remain; ⁶ 

your years do not come to an end.

Psalms 105:7

105:7 He is the Lord our God;

he carries out judgment throughout the earth. ⁷ 

Psalms 115:9

115:9 O Israel, trust in the Lord!

He is their deliverer ⁸  and protector. ⁹ 

[33:20]  ¹ tn Or “our lives.” The suffixed form of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being, life”) is often equivalent to a pronoun in poetic texts.

[33:20]  ² tn Or “[source of] help.”

[33:20]  ³ tn Or “protector.”

[73:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “and [when] I pondered to understand this, troubling it [was] in my eyes.”

[99:3]  ⁷ tn The pronoun refers to the Lord himself (see vv. 5, 9).

[102:27]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “you [are] he,” or “you [are] the one.” The statement may echo the Lord’s affirmation “I am he” in Isa 41:4; 43:10, 13; 46:10; 48:12. In each of these passages the affirmation emphasizes the fact that the Lord transcends time limitations, the very point being made in Ps 102:27.

[105:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “in all the earth [are] his judgments.”

[115:9]  ¹⁶ tn Or “[source of] help.”

[115:9]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and their shield.”