Psalms 34:9

34:9 Remain loyal to ¹  the Lord, you chosen people of his, ² 

for his loyal followers ³  lack nothing!

Psalms 40:3

40:3 He gave me reason to sing a new song, ⁴ 

praising our God. ⁵ 

May many see what God has done,

so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the Lord! ⁶ 

Psalms 49:19

49:19 But he will join his ancestors; ⁷ 

they will never again see the light of day. ⁸ 

[34:9]  ¹ tn Heb “fear.”

[34:9]  ² tn Heb “O holy ones of his.”

[34:9]  ³ tn Heb “those who fear him.”

[40:3]  ⁴ sn A new song was appropriate because the Lord had intervened in the psalmist’s experience in a fresh and exciting way.

[40:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he placed in my mouth a new song, praise to our God.”

[40:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “may many see and fear and trust in the Lord.” The translation assumes that the initial prefixed verbal form is a jussive (“may many see”), rather than an imperfect (“many will see”). The following prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) conjunctive are taken as indicating purpose or result (“so that they might swear allegiance…and trust”) after the introductory jussive.

[49:19]  ⁷ tn Verses 18-19a are one long sentence in the Hebrew text, which reads: “Though he blesses his soul in his life, [saying], ‘And let them praise you, for you do well for yourself,’ it [that is, his soul] will go to the generation of his fathers.” This has been divided into two sentences in the translation for clarity, in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences.

[49:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “light.” The words “of day” are supplied in the translation for clarification.