Psalms 37:39

37:39 But the Lord delivers the godly; ¹ 

he protects them in times of trouble. ² 

Psalms 38:22

38:22 Hurry and help me, ³  O Lord, my deliverer!

Psalms 119:41

ו (Vav)

119:41 May I experience your loyal love, ⁴  O Lord,

and your deliverance, ⁵  as you promised. ⁶ 

Psalms 119:81

כ (Kaf)

119:81 I desperately long for ⁷  your deliverance.

I find hope in your word.

Psalms 33:17

33:17 A horse disappoints those who trust in it for victory; ⁸ 

despite its great strength, it cannot deliver.

Psalms 60:11

60:11 Give us help against the enemy,

for any help men might offer is futile. ⁹ 

Psalms 108:12

108:12 Give us help against the enemy,

for any help men might offer is futile. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 146:3

146:3 Do not trust in princes,

or in human beings, who cannot deliver! ¹¹ 

Psalms 40:16

40:16 May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you!

May those who love to experience ¹²  your deliverance say continually, ¹³ 

“May the Lord be praised!” ¹⁴ 

Psalms 51:14

51:14 Rescue me from the guilt of murder, ¹⁵  O God, the God who delivers me!

Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance. ¹⁶ 

Psalms 71:15

71:15 I will tell about your justice,

and all day long proclaim your salvation, ¹⁷ 

though I cannot fathom its full extent. ¹⁸ 

Psalms 144:10

144:10 the one who delivers ¹⁹  kings,

and rescued David his servant from a deadly ²⁰  sword.

Psalms 40:10

40:10 I have not failed to tell about your justice; ²¹ 

I spoke about your reliability and deliverance;

I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness. ²² 

[37:39]  ¹ tn Heb “and the deliverance of the godly [ones] [is] from the Lord.”

[37:39]  ² tn Heb “[he is] their place of refuge in a time of trouble.”

[38:22]  ³ tn Heb “hurry to my help.” See Ps 22:19.

[119:41]  ⁵ tn Heb “and may your loyal love come to me.”

[119:41]  ⁶ tn Or “salvation” (so many English versions).

[119:41]  ⁷ tn Heb “according to your word.”

[119:81]  ⁷ tn Heb “my soul pines for.” See Ps 84:2.

[33:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “a lie [is] the horse for victory.”

[60:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and futile [is] the deliverance of man.”

[108:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “and futile [is] the deliverance of man.”

[146:3]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “in a son of man, to whom there is no deliverance.”

[40:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “those who love,” which stands metonymically for its cause, the experience of being delivered by the Lord.

[40:16]  ¹⁸ tn The three prefixed verbal forms prior to the quotation are understood as jussives. The psalmist balances out his imprecation against his enemies with a prayer of blessing upon the godly.

[40:16]  ¹⁹ tn The prefixed verbal form is taken as a jussive, “may the Lord be magnified [in praise].” Another option is to take the verb as an imperfect, “the Lord is great” (cf. NRSV). See Ps 35:27.

[51:14]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “from bloodshed.” “Bloodshed” here stands by metonymy for the guilt which it produces.

[51:14]  ²⁰ tn Heb “my tongue will shout for joy your deliverance.” Another option is to take the prefixed verbal form as a jussive, “may my tongue shout for joy.” However, the pattern in vv. 12-15 appears to be prayer/request (see vv. 12, 14a, 15a) followed by promise/vow (see vv. 13, 14b, 15b).

[71:15]  ²¹ tn Heb “my mouth declares your vindication, all the day your deliverance.”

[71:15]  ²² tn Heb “though I do not know [the] numbers,” that is, the tally of God’s just and saving acts. HALOT 768 s.v. סְפֹרוֹת understands the plural noun to mean “the art of writing.”

[144:10]  ²³ tn Heb “grants deliverance to.”

[144:10]  ²⁴ tn Heb “harmful.”

[40:10]  ²⁵ tn Heb “your justice I have not hidden in the midst of my heart.”

[40:10]  ²⁶ tn Heb “I have not hidden your loyal love and reliability.”