Psalms 66:19

66:19 However, God heard;

he listened to my prayer.

Psalms 78:63

78:63 Fire consumed their ¹  young men,

and their ²  virgins remained unmarried. ³ 

Psalms 119:50

119:50 This ⁴  is what comforts me in my trouble,

for your promise revives me. ⁵ 

Psalms 119:93

119:93 I will never forget your precepts,

for by them you have revived me.

[78:63]  ¹ tn Heb “his.” The singular pronominal suffix is collective, referring back to God’s “people” (v. 62).

[78:63]  ² tn Heb “his.” The singular pronominal suffix is collective, referring back to God’s “people” (v. 62).

[78:63]  ³ tn Heb “were not praised,” that is, in wedding songs. The young men died in masses, leaving no husbands for the young women.

[119:50]  ¹ tn The demonstrative “this” refers back to the hope just mentioned or forward to the statement in the second line concerning the promise’s power to revive. See the note on the word “me” at the end of the verse for further discussion.

[119:50]  ² tn The hope generated by the promise (see v. 49b) brings comfort because (note “for” at the beginning of the line) the promise revives the psalmist’s spirits. Another option is to take כִּי (ki) at the beginning of the second line in the sense of “that,” in which case “this” refers to the promise’s power to revive.