Psalms 60:5

Context

60:5 Deliver by your power¹ and answer me,²

so that the ones you love may be safe.³

Psalms 108:6

Context

108:6 Deliver by your power⁴ and answer me,

so that the ones you love may be safe.⁵

Psalms 84:1

Context

Psalm 84⁶

For the music director; according to the gittith style;⁷ written by the Korahites, a psalm.

84:1 How lovely is the place where you live,⁸

O Lord who rules over all!⁹

[60:5] ¹tn Heb “right hand.”

[60:5] ²tn The Qere (marginal reading) has “me,” while the Kethib (consonantal text) has “us.”

[60:5] ³tn Or “may be rescued.” The lines are actually reversed in the Hebrew text, “So that the ones you love may be rescued, deliver by your power and answer me.”

[108:6] ⁴tn Heb “right hand.”

[108:6] ⁵tn Or “may be rescued.” The lines are actually reversed in the Hebrew text: “So that the ones you love may be rescued, deliver by your power and answer me.”

[84:1] ⁷sn Psalm 84. The psalmist expresses his desire to be in God’s presence in the Jerusalem temple, for the Lord is the protector of his people.

[84:1] ⁸tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew term הַגִּתִּית (haggittit) is uncertain; it probably refers to a musical style or instrument.

[84:1] ⁹tn Or “your dwelling place[s].” The plural form of the noun may indicate degree or quality; this is the Lord’s special dwelling place (see Pss 43:3; 46:4; 132:5, 7).

[84:1] ¹⁰tn Traditionally, “Lord of hosts.” The title draws attention to God’s sovereign position (see Ps 69:6).