Psalms 77:15

77:15 You delivered ¹  your people by your strength ²  –

the children of Jacob and Joseph. (Selah)

Psalms 80:15

80:15 the root ³  your right hand planted,

the shoot you made to grow! ⁴ 

Psalms 82:6

82:6 I thought, ⁵  ‘You are gods;

all of you are sons of the Most High.’ ⁶ 

Psalms 85:1

Psalm 85 ⁷ 

For the music director; written by the Korahites, a psalm.

85:1 O Lord, you showed favor to your land;

you restored the well-being of Jacob. ⁸ 

Psalms 145:12

145:12 so that mankind ⁹  might acknowledge your mighty acts,

and the majestic splendor of your kingdom.

Psalms 146:3

146:3 Do not trust in princes,

or in human beings, who cannot deliver! ¹⁰ 

[77:15]  ¹ tn Or “redeemed.”

[77:15]  ² tn Heb “with [your] arm.”

[80:15]  ³ tn The Hebrew noun occurs only here in the OT. HALOT 483 s.v. III כֵּן emends the form to כַּנָּהּ (kannah, “its shoot”).

[80:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “and upon a son you strengthened for yourself.” In this context, where the extended metaphor of the vine dominates, בֵּן (ben, “son”) probably refers to the shoots that grow from the vine. Cf. Gen 49:22.

[82:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “said.”

[82:6]  ⁶ sn Normally in the OT the title Most High belongs to the God of Israel, but in this context, where the mythological overtones are so strong, it probably refers to the Canaanite high god El (see v. 1, as well as Isa 14:13).

[85:1]  ⁷ sn Psalm 85. God’s people recall how he forgave their sins in the past, pray that he might now restore them to his favor, and anticipate renewed blessings.

[85:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “you turned with a turning [toward] Jacob.” The Hebrew term שְׁבוּת (shÿvut) is apparently a cognate accusative of שׁוּב (shuv). See Pss 14:7; 53:6.

[145:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “the sons of man.”

[146:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in a son of man, to whom there is no deliverance.”