Psalms 54:5

54:5 May those who wait to ambush me ¹  be repaid for their evil! ² 

As a demonstration of your faithfulness, ³  destroy them!

Psalms 74:12

74:12 But God has been my ⁴  king from ancient times,

performing acts of deliverance on the earth. ⁵ 

Psalms 78:12

78:12 He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors,

in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. ⁶ 

Psalms 88:10

88:10 Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead?

Do the departed spirits ⁷  rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)

Psalms 118:15-16

118:15 They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly. ⁸ 

The Lord’s right hand conquers, ⁹ 

118:16 the Lord’s right hand gives victory, ¹⁰ 

the Lord’s right hand conquers.

Psalms 145:6

145:6 They will proclaim ¹¹  the power of your awesome acts!

I will declare your great deeds!

Psalms 145:13

145:13 Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, ¹² 

and your dominion endures through all generations.

[54:5]  ¹ tn Heb “to those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 56:2.

[54:5]  ² tn The Kethib (consonantal text) reads a Qal imperfect, “the evil will return,” while the Qere (marginal reading) has a Hiphil imperfect, “he will repay.” The parallel line has an imperative (indicating a prayer/request), so it is best to read a jussive form יָשֹׁב (yashov, “let it [the evil] return”) here.

[54:5]  ³ tn Heb “in [or “by”] your faithfulness.”

[74:12]  ⁴ tn The psalmist speaks as Israel’s representative here.

[74:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the midst of the earth.”

[78:12]  ⁷ sn The region of Zoan was located in the Egyptian delta, where the enslaved Israelites lived (see Num 13:22; Isa 19:11, 13; 30:4; Ezek 30:14).

[88:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Rephaim,” a term that refers to those who occupy the land of the dead (see Isa 14:9; 26:14, 19).

[118:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “the sound of a ringing shout and deliverance [is] in the tents of the godly.”

[118:15]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “does valiantly.” The statement refers here to military success (see Num 24:18; 1 Sam 14:48; Pss 60:12; 108:13).

[118:16]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “exalts.”

[145:6]  ¹⁹ tn The prefixed verbal form is understood as an imperfect, indicating how the psalmist expects his audience to respond to his praise. Another option is to take the forms as a jussive, indicating the psalmist’s wish, “may they proclaim.”

[145:13]  ²² tn Heb “a kingdom of all ages.”