Psalms 89:19

89:19 Then you ¹  spoke through a vision to your faithful followers ²  and said:

“I have energized a warrior; ³ 

I have raised up a young man ⁴  from the people.

Psalms 89:35

89:35 Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness,

I will never deceive ⁵  David.

Psalms 108:7-13

108:7 God has spoken in his sanctuary: ⁶ 

“I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem,

the valley of Succoth I will measure off. ⁷ 

108:8 Gilead belongs to me,

as does Manasseh! ⁸ 

Ephraim is my helmet, ⁹ 

Judah my royal scepter. ¹⁰ 

108:9 Moab is my wash basin. ¹¹ 

I will make Edom serve me. ¹² 

I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”

108:10 Who will lead me into the fortified city?

Who will bring me to Edom? ¹³ 

108:11 Have you not rejected us, O God?

O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.

108:12 Give us help against the enemy,

for any help men might offer is futile. ¹⁴ 

108:13 By God’s power we will conquer; ¹⁵ 

he will trample down ¹⁶  our enemies.

Psalms 132:11

132:11 The Lord made a reliable promise to David; ¹⁷ 

he will not go back on his word. ¹⁸ 

He said, ¹⁹  “I will place one of your descendants ²⁰  on your throne.

Psalms 132:2

132:2 and how he made a vow to the Lord,

and swore an oath to the powerful ruler of Jacob. ²¹ 

Psalms 3:1

Psalm 3 ²² 

A psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom. ²³ 

3:1 Lord, how ²⁴  numerous are my enemies!

Many attack me. ²⁵ 

Psalms 5:2

5:2 Pay attention to my cry for help,

my king and my God,

for I am praying to you!

Jeremiah 23:9

Oracles Against the False Prophets ²⁶ 

23:9 Here is what the Lord says concerning the false prophets: ²⁷ 

My heart and my mind are deeply disturbed.

I tremble all over. ²⁸ 

I am like a drunk person,

like a person who has had too much wine, ²⁹ 

because of the way the Lord

and his holy word are being mistreated. ³⁰ 

Amos 4:2

4:2 The sovereign Lord confirms this oath by his own holy character: ³¹ 

“Certainly the time is approaching ³² 

when you will be carried away ³³  in baskets, ³⁴ 

every last one of you ³⁵  in fishermen’s pots. ³⁶ 

[89:19]  ¹ tn The pronoun “you” refers to the Lord, who is addressed here. The quotation that follows further develops the announcement of vv. 3-4.

[89:19]  ² tc Many medieval mss read the singular here, “your faithful follower.” In this case the statement refers directly to Nathan’s oracle to David (see 2 Sam 7:17).

[89:19]  ³ tn Heb “I have placed help upon a warrior.”

[89:19]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps “a chosen one.”

[89:35]  ⁵ tn Or “lie to.”

[108:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “in his holy place.”

[108:7]  ⁷ sn Shechem stands for the territory west of the Jordan River; the valley of Succoth represents the region east of the Jordan.

[108:8]  ⁸ tn Gilead was located east of the Jordan River. Half of the tribe of Manasseh lived east of the Jordan in the region of Bashan.

[108:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “the protection of my head.”

[108:8]  ¹⁰ sn Judah, like Ephraim, was the other major tribe west of the Jordan River. The Davidic king, symbolized here by the royal scepter, came from this tribe.

[108:9]  ¹¹ sn The metaphor of the wash basin, used to rinse one’s hands and feet, suggests that Moab, in contrast to Israel’s elevated position (vv. 7-8), would be reduced to the status of a servant.

[108:9]  ¹² tn Heb “over Edom I will throw my sandal.” The point of the metaphor is not entirely clear. Some interpret this as idiomatic for “taking possession of.” Others translate עַל (’al) as “to” and understand this as referring to a master throwing his dirty sandal to a servant so that the latter might dust it off.

[108:10]  ¹³ sn The psalmist speaks again and acknowledges his need for help in battle. He hopes God will volunteer, based on the affirmation of sovereignty over Edom in v. 9, but he is also aware that God has seemingly rejected the nation of Israel (v. 11).

[108:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and futile [is] the deliverance of man.”

[108:13]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “in God we will accomplish strength.” The statement refers here to military success (see Num 24:18; 1 Sam 14:48; Pss 60:12; 118:16-16).

[108:13]  ¹⁶ sn On the expression trample down our enemies see Ps 44:5.

[132:11]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the Lord swore an oath to David [in] truth.”

[132:11]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “he will not turn back from it.”

[132:11]  ¹⁹ tn The words “he said” are supplied in the translation to clarify that what follows are the Lord’s words.

[132:11]  ²⁰ tn Heb “the fruit of your body.”

[132:2]  ²¹ tn Heb “the powerful [one] of Jacob.”

[3:1]  ²² sn Psalm 3. The psalmist acknowledges that he is confronted by many enemies (vv. 1-2). But, alluding to a divine oracle he has received (vv. 4-5), he affirms his confidence in God’s ability to protect him (vv. 3, 6) and requests that God make his promise a reality (vv. 7-8).

[3:1]  ²³ sn According to Jewish tradition, David offered this prayer when he was forced to flee from Jerusalem during his son Absalom’s attempted coup (see 2 Sam 15:13-17).

[3:1]  ²⁴ tn The Hebrew term מָה (mah, “how”) is used here as an adverbial exclamation (see BDB 553 s.v.).

[3:1]  ²⁵ tn Heb “many rise up against me.”

[23:9]  ²⁶ sn Jeremiah has already had a good deal to say about the false prophets and their fate. See 2:8, 26; 5:13, 31; 14:13-15. Here he parallels the condemnation of the wicked prophets and their fate (23:9-40) with that of the wicked kings (21:11-22:30).

[23:9]  ²⁷ tn The word “false” is not in the text, but it is clear from the context that these are whom the sayings are directed against. The words “Here is what the Lord says” are also not in the text. But comparison with 46:2; 48:1; 49:1, 7, 23, 28; and 21:11 will show that this is a heading. The words are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[23:9]  ²⁸ tn Heb “My heart is crushed within me. My bones tremble.” It has already been noted several times that the “heart” in ancient Hebrew psychology was the intellectual and volitional center of the person, the kidneys were the emotional center, and the bones the locus of strength and also the subject of joy, distress, and sorrow. Here Jeremiah is speaking of his distress of heart and mind in modern psychology, a distress that leads him to trembling of body which he compares to that of a drunken person staggering around under the influence of wine.

[23:9]  ²⁹ tn Heb “wine has passed over him.”

[23:9]  ³⁰ tn Heb “wine because of the Lord and because of his holy word.” The words that are supplied in the translation are implicit from the context and are added for clarity.

[4:2]  ³¹ tn Heb “swears by his holiness.”

[4:2]  ³² tn Heb “Look, certainly days are coming upon you”; NRSV “the time is surely coming upon you.”

[4:2]  ³³ tn Heb “one will carry you away”; NASB “they will take you away.”

[4:2]  ³⁴ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word translated “baskets” is uncertain. The translation follows the suggestion of S. M. Paul (Amos [Hermeneia], 128), who discusses the various options (130-32): “shields” (cf. NEB); “ropes”; “thorns,” which leads to the most favored interpretation, “hooks” (cf. NASB “meat hooks”; NIV, NRSV “hooks”); “baskets,” and (derived from “baskets”) “boats.” Against the latter, it is unlikely that Amos envisioned a deportation by boat for the inhabitants of Samaria! See also the note on the expression “fishermen’s pots” later in this verse.

[4:2]  ³⁵ tn Or “your children”; KJV “your posterity.”

[4:2]  ³⁶ tn The meaning of the Hebrew expression translated “in fishermen’s pots” is uncertain. The translation follows that of S. M. Paul (Amos [Hermeneia], 128), who discusses the various options (132-33): “thorns,” understood by most modern interpreters to mean (by extension) “fishhooks” (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV); “boats,” but as mentioned in the previous note on the word “baskets,” a deportation of the Samaritans by boat is geographically unlikely; and “pots,” referring to a container used for packing fish (cf. NEB “fish-baskets”). Paul (p. 134) argues that the imagery comes from the ancient fishing industry. When hauled away into exile, the women of Samaria will be like fish packed and transported to market.