Psalms 59:10

59:10 The God who loves me will help me; ¹ 

God will enable me to triumph over ²  my enemies. ³ 

Psalms 107:43

107:43 Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things!

Let them consider the Lord’s acts of loyal love!

Psalms 59:17

59:17 You are my source of strength! I will sing praises to you! ⁴ 

For God is my refuge, ⁵  the God who loves me. ⁶ 

Psalms 89:1

Psalm 89 ⁷ 

A well-written song ⁸  by Ethan the Ezrachite.

89:1 I will sing continually ⁹  about the Lord’s faithful deeds;

to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 89:28

89:28 I will always extend my loyal love to him,

and my covenant with him is secure. ¹¹ 

Psalms 144:2

144:2 who loves me ¹²  and is my stronghold,

my refuge ¹³  and my deliverer,

my shield and the one in whom I take shelter,

who makes nations submit to me. ¹⁴ 

[59:10]  ¹ tn Heb “the God of my [Qere (marginal reading); the Kethib (consonantal text) has “his”] loyal love will meet me.”

[59:10]  ² tn Heb “will cause me to look upon.”

[59:10]  ³ tn Heb “those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 54:5; 56:2.

[59:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “my strength, to you I will sing praises.”

[59:17]  ⁵ tn Or “my elevated place” (see Ps 18:2).

[59:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “the God of my loyal love.”

[89:1]  ⁷ sn Psalm 89. The psalmist praises God as the sovereign creator of the world. He recalls God’s covenant with David, but then laments that the promises of the covenant remain unrealized. The covenant promised the Davidic king military victories, but the king has now been subjected to humiliating defeat.

[89:1]  ⁸ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term מַשְׂכִּיל (maskil) is uncertain. See the note on the phrase “well-written song” in the superscription of Ps 88.

[89:1]  ⁹ tn Or “forever.”

[89:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to a generation and a generation I will make known your faithfulness with my mouth.”

[89:28]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “forever I will keep for him my loyal love and will make my covenant secure for him.”

[144:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “my loyal love,” which is probably an abbreviated form of “the God of my loyal love” (see Ps 59:10, 17).

[144:2]  ¹⁴ tn Or “my elevated place.”

[144:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the one who subdues nations beneath me.”