Psalms 5:5

5:5 Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence; ¹ 

you hate ²  all who behave wickedly. ³ 

Psalms 18:45

18:45 foreigners lose their courage; ⁴ 

they shake with fear ⁵  as they leave ⁶  their strongholds. ⁷ 

Psalms 90:16

90:16 May your servants see your work! ⁸ 

May their sons see your majesty! ⁹ 

Psalms 103:7

103:7 The Lord revealed his faithful acts ¹⁰  to Moses,

his deeds to the Israelites.

Psalms 135:19

135:19 O family ¹¹  of Israel, praise the Lord!

O family of Aaron, praise the Lord!

[5:5]  ¹ tn Heb “before your eyes.”

[5:5]  ² sn You hate. The Lord “hates” the wicked in the sense that he despises their wicked character and deeds and actively opposes and judges them for their wickedness. See Ps 11:5.

[5:5]  ³ tn Heb “all the workers of wickedness.”

[18:45]  ⁴ tn Heb “wither, wear out.”

[18:45]  ⁵ tn The meaning of חָרַג (kharag, “shake”) is established on the basis of cognates in Arabic and Aramaic. 2 Sam 22:46 reads חָגַר (khagar), which might mean here, “[they] come limping” (on the basis of a cognate in postbiblical Hebrew). The normal meaning for חָגַר (“gird”) makes little sense here.

[18:45]  ⁶ tn Heb “from.”

[18:45]  ⁷ tn Heb “their prisons.” The besieged cities of the foreigners are compared to prisons.

[90:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “may your work be revealed to your servants.” In this context (note v. 17) the verb form יֵרָאֶה (yera’eh) is best understood as an unshortened jussive (see Gen 1:9; Isa 47:3).

[90:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “and your majesty to their sons.” The verb “be revealed” is understood by ellipsis in the second line.

[103:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “made known his ways.” God’s “ways” in this context are his protective and salvific acts in fulfillment of his promise (see also Deut 32:4; Pss 18:30; 67:2; 77:13 [note vv. 11-12, 14]; 138:5; 145:17).

[135:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “house” (here and in the next two lines).