Psalms 37:37

37:37 Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the godly! ¹ 

For the one who promotes peace has a future. ² 

Psalms 73:17

73:17 Then I entered the precincts of God’s temple, ³ 

and understood the destiny of the wicked. ⁴ 

Psalms 109:13

109:13 May his descendants ⁵  be cut off! ⁶ 

May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! ⁷ 

[37:37]  ¹ tn Or “upright.”

[37:37]  ² tn Heb “for [there is] an end for a man of peace.” Some interpret אַחֲרִית (’akharit, “end”) as referring to offspring (see the next verse and Ps 109:13; cf. NEB, NRSV).

[73:17]  ³ tn The plural of the term מִקְדָּשׁ (miqdash) probably refers to the temple precincts (see Ps 68:35; Jer 51:51).

[73:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “I discerned their end.” At the temple the psalmist perhaps received an oracle of deliverance announcing his vindication and the demise of the wicked (see Ps 12) or heard songs of confidence (for example, Ps 11), wisdom psalms (for example, Pss 1, 37), and hymns (for example, Ps 112) that describe the eventual downfall of the proud and wealthy.

[109:13]  ⁵ tn Or “offspring.”

[109:13]  ⁶ sn On the expression cut off see Ps 37:28.

[109:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “in another generation may their name be wiped out.”