Psalms 6:9

6:9 The Lord has heard my appeal for mercy;

the Lord has accepted ¹  my prayer.

Psalms 7:17

7:17 I will thank the Lord for ²  his justice;

I will sing praises to the sovereign Lord! ³ 

Psalms 29:8

29:8 The Lord’s shout shakes ⁴  the wilderness,

the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. ⁵ 

Psalms 29:10

29:10 The Lord sits enthroned over the engulfing waters, ⁶ 

the Lord sits enthroned ⁷  as the eternal king.

Psalms 30:10

30:10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me!

O Lord, deliver me!” ⁸ 

Psalms 40:13

40:13 Please be willing, O Lord, to rescue me!

O Lord, hurry and help me! ⁹ 

Psalms 104:31

104:31 May the splendor of the Lord endure! ¹⁰ 

May the Lord find pleasure in the living things he has made! ¹¹ 

Psalms 116:4

116:4 I called on the name of the Lord,

“Please Lord, rescue my life!”

Psalms 118:16

118:16 the Lord’s right hand gives victory, ¹² 

the Lord’s right hand conquers.

Psalms 118:25-26

118:25 Please Lord, deliver!

Please Lord, grant us success! ¹³ 

118:26 May the one who comes in the name of the Lord ¹⁴  be blessed!

We will pronounce blessings on you ¹⁵  in the Lord’s temple. ¹⁶ 

Psalms 121:5

121:5 The Lord is your protector;

the Lord is the shade at your right hand.

Psalms 135:13

135:13 O Lord, your name endures, ¹⁷ 

your reputation, O Lord, lasts. ¹⁸ 

Psalms 138:5

138:5 Let them sing about the Lord’s deeds, ¹⁹ 

for the Lord’s splendor is magnificent. ²⁰ 

[6:9]  ¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is probably a preterite here; it is parallel to a perfect and refers to the fact that the Lord has responded favorably to the psalmist’s request.

[7:17]  ² tn Heb “according to.”

[7:17]  ³ tn Heb “[to] the name of the Lord Most High.” God’s “name” refers metonymically to his divine characteristics as suggested by his name, in this case the compound “Lord Most High.” The divine title “Most High” (עֶלְיוֹן, ’elyon) pictures God as the exalted ruler of the universe who vindicates the innocent and judges the wicked. See especially Ps 47:2.

[29:8]  ³ tn The Hebrew imperfect verbal forms are descriptive in function; the psalmist depicts the action as underway.

[29:8]  ⁴ sn Kadesh. The references to Lebanon and Sirion in v. 6 suggest this is a reference to the northern Kadesh, located north of Damascus, not the southern Kadesh mentioned so often in the OT. See M. Dahood, Psalms (AB), 1:178.

[29:10]  ⁴ tn The noun מַּבּוּל (mabbul, “flood”) appears only here and in Gen 6-11, where it refers to the Noahic flood. Some see a reference to that event here. The presence of the article (perhaps indicating uniqueness) and the switch to the perfect verbal form (which could be taken as describing a past situation) might support this. However, the immediate context indicates that the referent of מַּבּוּל is the “surging waters” mentioned in v. 3. The article indicates waters that are definite in the mind of the speaker and the perfect is probably descriptive in function, like “thunders” in v. 3. However, even though the historical flood is not the primary referent here, there may be a literary allusion involved. The psalmist views the threatening chaotic sea as a contemporary manifestation of the destructive waters of old.

[29:10]  ⁵ tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive here carries the descriptive function of the preceding perfect.

[30:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “be a helper to me.”

[40:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “hurry to my help.” See Pss 22:19; 38:22.

[104:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “be forever.”

[104:31]  ⁸ tn Or “rejoice in his works.”

[118:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “exalts.”

[118:25]  ⁹ sn A petition for deliverance and success seems odd in a psalm thanking God for deliverance, but it is not unique (see Ps 9:19-20). The people ask God to continue to intervene for them as he has for the psalmist.

[118:26]  ¹⁰ sn The people refer here to the psalmist, who enters the Lord’s temple to thank him publicly (see vv. 19-21), as the one who comes in the name of the Lord.

[118:26]  ¹¹ tn The pronominal suffix is second masculine plural, but the final mem (ם) is probably dittographic (note the mem [מ] at the beginning of the following form) or enclitic, in which case the suffix may be taken as second masculine singular, referring to the psalmist.

[118:26]  ¹² tn Heb “from the house of the Lord.”

[135:13]  ¹¹ tn Or “is forever.”

[135:13]  ¹² tn Heb “O Lord, your remembrance [is] for a generation and a generation.” See Ps 102:12.

[138:5]  ¹² tn Heb “ways.”

[138:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “great.”