Psalms 52:6

52:6 When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe,

and will mock the evildoer, saying: ¹ 

Psalms 67:7

67:7 May God bless us! ² 

Then all the ends of the earth will give him the honor he deserves. ³ 

Psalms 76:8

76:8 From heaven you announced what their punishment would be. ⁴ 

The earth ⁵  was afraid and silent

Psalms 115:13

115:13 He will bless his loyal followers, ⁶ 

both young and old. ⁷ 

Psalms 118:4

118:4 Let the loyal followers of the Lord ⁸  say,

“Yes, his loyal love endures!”

Psalms 119:79

119:79 May your loyal followers ⁹  turn to me,

those who know your rules.

Psalms 128:4

128:4 Yes indeed, the man who fears the Lord

will be blessed in this way. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 130:4

130:4 But ¹¹  you are willing to forgive, ¹² 

so that you might ¹³  be honored. ¹⁴ 

[52:6]  ¹ tn Heb “and the godly will see and will fear and at him will laugh.”

[67:7]  ² tn The prefixed verb forms in vv. 6b-7a are understood as jussives.

[67:7]  ³ tn Heb “will fear him.” After the jussive of the preceding line, the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive is understood as indicating purpose/result. (Note how v. 3 anticipates the universal impact of God showing his people blessing.) Another option is to take the verb as a jussive and translate, “Let all the ends of the earth fear him.”

[76:8]  ³ tn Heb “a [legal] decision,” or “sentence.”

[76:8]  ⁴ tn “The earth” stands here by metonymy for its inhabitants.

[115:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “the fearers of the Lord.”

[115:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “the small along with the great.” The translation assumes that “small” and “great” here refer to age (see 2 Chr 15:13). Another option is to translate “both the insignificant and the prominent” (see Job 3:19; cf. NEB “high and low alike”).

[118:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “fearers of the Lord.” See Ps 15:4.

[119:79]  ⁶ tn Heb “those who fear you.”

[128:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “look, indeed thus will the man, the fearer of the Lord, be blessed.”

[130:4]  ⁸ tn Or “surely.”

[130:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “for with you [there is] forgiveness.”

[130:4]  ¹⁰ tn Or “consequently you are.”

[130:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “feared.”