Psalms 40:16

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

May those who love to experience ¹  your deliverance say continually, ² 

“May the Lord be praised!” ³ 

Psalms 51:14

51:14 Rescue me from the guilt of murder, ⁴  O God, the God who delivers me!

Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance. ⁵ 

Psalms 71:15

71:15 I will tell about your justice,

and all day long proclaim your salvation, ⁶ 

though I cannot fathom its full extent. ⁷ 

Psalms 144:10

144:10 the one who delivers ⁸  kings,

and rescued David his servant from a deadly ⁹  sword.

[40:16]  ¹ tn Heb “those who love,” which stands metonymically for its cause, the experience of being delivered by the Lord.

[40:16]  ² 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]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “from bloodshed.” “Bloodshed” here stands by metonymy for the guilt which it produces.

[51:14]  ⁵ 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]  ⁷ tn Heb “my mouth declares your vindication, all the day your deliverance.”

[71:15]  ⁸ 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]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “grants deliverance to.”

[144:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “harmful.”