Psalms 37:34

37:34 Rely ¹  on the Lord! Obey his commands! ² 

Then he will permit you ³  to possess the land;

you will see the demise of evil men. ⁴ 

Psalms 54:7

54:7 Surely ⁵  he rescues me from all trouble, ⁶ 

and I triumph over my enemies. ⁷ 

Psalms 59:10

59:10 The God who loves me will help me; ⁸ 

God will enable me to triumph over ⁹  my enemies. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 91:8

91:8 Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes –

you will see the wicked paid back. ¹¹ 

Psalms 112:8

112:8 His resolve ¹²  is firm; he will not succumb to fear

before he looks in triumph on his enemies.

[37:34]  ¹ tn Or “wait.”

[37:34]  ² tn Heb “keep his way.” The Lord’s “way” refers here to the “conduct required” by the Lord. In Ps 25 the Lord’s “ways” are associated with his covenantal demands (see vv. 4, 9-10). See also Ps 119:3 (cf. vv. 1, 4), as well as Deut 8:6; 10:12; 11:22; 19:9; 26:17; 28:9; 30:16.

[37:34]  ³ tn Heb “and he will lift you up.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) is best taken here as a result clause following the imperatives in the preceding lines.

[37:34]  ⁴ tn Heb “when evil men are cut off you will see.”

[54:7]  ⁵ tn Or “for,” indicating a more specific reason why he will praise the Lord’s name (cf. v. 6).

[54:7]  ⁶ tn The perfects in v. 7 are probably rhetorical, indicating the psalmist’s certitude and confidence that God will intervene. The psalmist is so confident of God’s positive response to his prayer, he can describe God’s deliverance and his own vindication as if they were occurring or had already occurred.

[54:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “and on my enemies my eyes look.”

[59:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “the God of my [Qere (marginal reading); the Kethib (consonantal text) has “his”] loyal love will meet me.”

[59:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “will cause me to look upon.”

[59:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 54:5; 56:2.

[91:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “retribution on the wicked.”

[112:8]  ¹² tn Heb “his heart,” viewed here as the seat of the volition.