Psalms 76:4

76:4 You shine brightly and reveal your majesty,

as you descend from the hills where you killed your prey. ¹ 

Psalms 111:5

111:5 He gives ²  food to his faithful followers; ³ 

he always remembers his covenant. ⁴ 

Psalms 124:6

124:6 The Lord deserves praise, ⁵ 

for ⁶  he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.

Psalms 22:13

22:13 They ⁷  open their mouths to devour me ⁸ 

like a roaring lion that rips its prey. ⁹ 

[76:4]  ¹ tn Heb “radiant [are] you, majestic from the hills of prey.” God is depicted as a victorious king and as a lion that has killed its victims.

[111:5]  ² tn Or “gave,” if the events of the exodus and conquest period (see v. 6, 9) are primarily in view.

[111:5]  ³ tn Heb “those who fear him.”

[111:5]  ⁴ tn Or “he remembers his covenant forever” (see Ps 105:8).

[124:6]  ³ tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord.”

[124:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “[the one] who.”

[22:13]  ⁴ tn “They” refers to the psalmist’s enemies, who in the previous verse are described as “powerful bulls.”

[22:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “they open against me their mouth[s].” To “open the mouth against” is a Hebrew idiom associated with eating and swallowing (see Ezek 2:8; Lam 2:16).

[22:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “a lion ripping and roaring.”