Psalms 76:8
Context76:8 From heaven you announced what their punishment would be. 1
The earth 2 was afraid and silent
Psalms 9:4
Context9:4 For you defended my just cause; 3
from your throne you pronounced a just decision. 4
Psalms 140:12
Context140:12 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