Psalms 62:8

62:8 Trust in him at all times, you people!

Pour out your hearts before him! ¹ 

God is our shelter! (Selah)

Psalms 71:4

71:4 My God, rescue me from the power ²  of the wicked,

from the hand of the cruel oppressor!

Psalms 77:17

77:17 The clouds poured down rain; ³ 

the skies thundered. ⁴ 

Yes, your arrows ⁵  flashed about.

Psalms 104:2

104:2 He covers himself with light as if it were a garment.

He stretches out the skies like a tent curtain,

Psalms 105:41

105:41 He opened up a rock and water flowed out;

a river ran through dry regions.

Psalms 107:28

107:28 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;

he delivered them from their troubles.

Psalms 108:7

108:7 God has spoken in his sanctuary: ⁶ 

“I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem,

the valley of Succoth I will measure off. ⁷ 

Psalms 109:13

109:13 May his descendants ⁸  be cut off! ⁹ 

May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! ¹⁰ 

[62:8]  ¹ tn To “pour out one’s heart” means to offer up to God intense, emotional lamentation and petitionary prayers (see Lam 2:19).

[71:4]  ² tn Heb “hand.”

[77:17]  ³ tn Heb “water.”

[77:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “a sound the clouds gave.”

[77:17]  ⁵ tn The lightning accompanying the storm is portrayed as the Lord’s “arrows” (see v. 18).

[108:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “in his holy place.”

[108:7]  ⁵ sn Shechem stands for the territory west of the Jordan River; the valley of Succoth represents the region east of the Jordan.

[109:13]  ⁵ tn Or “offspring.”

[109:13]  ⁶ sn On the expression cut off see Ps 37:28.

[109:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “in another generation may their name be wiped out.”