Psalms 71:14

71:14 As for me, I will wait continually,

and will continue to praise you. ¹ 

Psalms 77:7

77:7 I asked, ²  “Will the Lord reject me forever?

Will he never again show me his favor?

Psalms 78:17

78:17 Yet they continued to sin against him,

and rebelled against the sovereign One ³  in the desert.

Psalms 104:5

104:5 He established the earth on its foundations;

it will never be upended.

Psalms 120:3

120:3 How will he severely punish you,

you deceptive talker? ⁴ 

[71:14]  ¹ tn Heb “and I add to all your praise.”

[77:7]  ² tn As in vv. 4 and 6a, the words of vv. 7-9 are understood as a quotation of what the psalmist said earlier. Therefore the words “I asked” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[78:17]  ³ tn Heb “rebelling [against] the Most High.”

[120:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “What will he give to you, and what will he add to you, O tongue of deception?” The psalmist addresses his deceptive enemies. The Lord is the understood subject of the verbs “give” and “add.” The second part of the question echoes a standard curse formula, “thus the Lord/God will do … and thus he will add” (see Ruth 1:17; 1 Sam 3:17; 14:44; 20:13; 25:22; 2 Sam 3:9, 35; 19:13; 1 Kgs 2:23; 2 Kgs 6:31).