Psalms 76:8

76:8 From heaven you announced what their punishment would be. ¹ 

The earth ²  was afraid and silent

Psalms 9:4

9:4 For you defended my just cause; ³ 

from your throne you pronounced a just decision. ⁴ 

Psalms 140:12

140:12 I know ⁵  that the Lord defends the cause of the oppressed

and vindicates the poor. ⁶ 

[76:8]  ¹ tn Heb “a [legal] decision,” or “sentence.”

[76:8]  ² tn “The earth” stands here by metonymy for its inhabitants.

[9:4]  ³ tn Heb “for you accomplished my justice and my legal claim.”

[9:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “you sat on a throne [as] one who judges [with] righteousness.” The perfect verbal forms in v. 4 probably allude to a recent victory (see vv. 5-7). Another option is to understand the verbs as describing what is typical (“you defend…you sit on a throne”).

[140:12]  ⁵ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading a first person verb form here. The Kethib reads the second person.

[140:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the just cause of the poor.”