Psalms 65:6

65:6 You created the mountains by your power, ¹ 

and demonstrated your strength. ² 

Psalms 18:32

18:32 The one true God ³  gives ⁴  me strength; ⁵ 

he removes ⁶  the obstacles in my way. ⁷ 

Psalms 18:39

18:39 You give me strength ⁸  for battle;

you make my foes kneel before me. ⁹ 

Psalms 30:11

30:11 Then you turned my lament into dancing;

you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 93:1

Psalm 93 ¹¹ 

93:1 The Lord reigns!

He is robed in majesty,

the Lord is robed,

he wears strength around his waist. ¹² 

Indeed, the world is established, it cannot be moved.

[65:6]  ¹ tn Heb “[the] one who establishes [the] mountains by his power.”

[65:6]  ² tn Heb “one [who] is girded with strength”; or “one [who] girds himself with strength.”

[18:32]  ³ tn Heb “the God.” The prefixed article emphasizes the Lord’s distinctiveness as the one true God (cf. Deut 33:26). See v. 30.

[18:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “is the one who clothes.” For similar language see 1 Sam 2:4; Pss 65:6; 93:1. The psalmist employs a generalizing hymnic style in vv. 32-34; he uses participles in vv. 32a, 33a, and 34a to describe what God characteristically does on his behalf.

[18:32]  ⁵ tn 2 Sam 22:33 reads, “the God is my strong refuge.”

[18:32]  ⁶ tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive here carries along the generalizing force of the preceding participle.

[18:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “he made my path smooth.” The Hebrew term תָּמִים (tamim, “smooth”) usually carries a moral or ethical connotation, “blameless, innocent.” However, in Ps 18:33 it refers to a pathway free of obstacles. The reality underlying the metaphor is the psalmist’s ability to charge into battle without tripping (see vv. 33, 36).

[18:39]  ⁵ tn Heb “clothed me.” See v. 32.

[18:39]  ⁶ tn Heb “you make those who rise against me kneel beneath me.”

[30:11]  ⁷ sn Covered me with joy. “Joy” probably stands metonymically for festive attire here.

[93:1]  ⁹ sn Psalm 93. The psalmist affirms that the Lord is the king of the universe who preserves order and suppresses the destructive forces in the world.

[93:1]  ¹⁰ sn Strength is compared here to a belt that one wears for support. The Lord’s power undergirds his rule.