Psalms 9:14

9:14 Then I will ¹  tell about all your praiseworthy acts; ² 

in the gates of Daughter Zion ³  I will rejoice because of your deliverance.” ⁴ 

Psalms 13:4

13:4 Then ⁵  my enemy will say, “I have defeated him!”

Then ⁶  my foes will rejoice because I am upended.

Psalms 16:9

16:9 So my heart rejoices

and I am happy; ⁷ 

My life is safe. ⁸ 

Psalms 21:1

Psalm 21 ⁹ 

For the music director; a psalm of David.

21:1 O Lord, the king rejoices in the strength you give; ¹⁰ 

he takes great delight in the deliverance you provide. ¹¹ 

Psalms 31:7

31:7 I will be happy and rejoice in your faithfulness,

because you notice my pain

and you are aware of how distressed I am. ¹² 

Psalms 48:11

48:11 Mount Zion rejoices;

the towns ¹³  of Judah are happy, ¹⁴ 

because of your acts of judgment. ¹⁵ 

Psalms 97:8

97:8 Zion hears and rejoices,

the towns ¹⁶  of Judah are happy,

because of your judgments, O Lord.

[9:14]  ¹ tn Or “so that I might.”

[9:14]  ² tn Heb “all your praise.” “Praise” stands by metonymy for the mighty acts that prompt it.

[9:14]  ³ sn Daughter Zion is an idiomatic title for Jerusalem. It appears frequently in the prophets, but only here in the psalms.

[9:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “in your deliverance.”

[13:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “or else.”

[13:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “or else.”

[16:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “my glory is happy.” Some view the Hebrew term כְּבוֹדִי (kÿvodiy, “my glory”) as a metonymy for man’s inner being (see BDB 459 s.v. II כָּבוֹד 5), but it is preferable to emend the form to כְּבֵדִי (kÿvediy, “my liver”). Like the heart, the liver is viewed as the seat of one’s emotions. See also Pss 30:12; 57:9; 108:1, as well as H. W. Wolff, Anthropology of the Old Testament, 64, and M. Dahood, Psalms (AB), 1:90. For an Ugaritic example of the heart/liver as the source of joy, see G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 47-48: “her [Anat’s] liver swelled with laughter, her heart was filled with joy, the liver of Anat with triumph.”

[16:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “yes, my flesh dwells securely.” The psalmist’s “flesh” stands by metonymy for his body and, by extension, his physical life.

[21:1]  ¹³ sn Psalm 21. The psalmist praises the Lord for the way he protects and blesses the Davidic king.

[21:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “in your strength.” The translation interprets the pronominal suffix as subjective, rather than merely descriptive (or attributive).

[21:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and in your deliverance, how greatly he rejoices.”

[31:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “you know the distresses of my life.”

[48:11]  ²¹ tn Heb “daughters.” The reference is to the cities of Judah surrounding Zion (see Ps 97:8 and H. Haag, TDOT 2:336).

[48:11]  ²² tn The prefixed verbal forms are understood as generalizing imperfects. (For other examples of an imperfect followed by causal לְמַעַן [lÿma’an], see Ps 23:3; Isa 49:7; 55:5.) Another option is to interpret the forms as jussives, “Let Mount Zion rejoice! Let the towns of Judah be happy!” (cf. NASB, NRSV; note the imperatives in vv. 12-13.)

[48:11]  ²³ sn These acts of judgment are described in vv. 4-7.

[97:8]  ²⁵ tn Heb “daughters.” The term “daughters” refers to the cities of Judah surrounding Zion (see Ps 48:11 and H. Haag, TDOT 2:336).