Psalms 37:26

37:26 All day long he shows compassion and lends to others, ¹ 

and his children ²  are blessed.

Psalms 105:16

105:16 He called down a famine upon the earth;

he cut off all the food supply. ³ 

Psalms 105:31

105:31 He ordered flies to come; ⁴ 

gnats invaded their whole territory.

Psalms 106:31

106:31 This brought him a reward,

an eternal gift. ⁵ 

Psalms 115:8

115:8 Those who make them will end up ⁶  like them,

as will everyone who trusts in them.

[37:26]  ¹ tn The active participles describe characteristic behavior.

[37:26]  ² tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

[105:16]  ³ tn Heb “and every staff of food he broke.” The psalmist refers to the famine that occurred in Joseph’s time (see v. 17 and Gen 41:53-57).

[105:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “he spoke and flies came.”

[106:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “and it was reckoned to him for righteousness, to a generation and a generation forever.” The verb חָשַׁב (khashav, “to reckon”) is collocated with צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah, “righteousness”) only in Ps 106:31 and Gen 15:6, where God rewards Abram’s faith with a land grant.

[115:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “will be.” Another option is to take the prefixed verbal form as a prayer, “may those who make them end up like them.”