Psalms 94:14

94:14 Certainly ¹  the Lord does not forsake his people;

he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him. ² 

Psalms 102:17

102:17 when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, ³ 

and does not reject ⁴  their request. ⁵ 

Psalms 103:9

103:9 He does not always accuse,

and does not stay angry. ⁶ 

Psalms 145:17

145:17 The Lord is just in all his actions, ⁷ 

and exhibits love in all he does. ⁸ 

[94:14]  ¹ tn Or “for.”

[94:14]  ² tn Or “his inheritance.”

[102:17]  ³ tn The Hebrew adjective עַרְעָר (’arar, “destitute”) occurs only here in the OT. It is derived from the verbal root ערר (“to strip oneself”).

[102:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “despise.”

[102:17]  ⁵ tn The perfect verbal forms in vv. 16-17 are functioning as future perfects, indicating future actions that will precede the future developments described in v. 15.

[103:9]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew verb נָטַר (natar) is usually taken to mean “to keep; to guard,” with “anger” being understood by ellipsis. The idiom “to guard anger” is then understood to mean “to remain angry” (see Lev 19:18; Jer 3:5, 12; Nah 1:2). However, it is possible that this is a homonymic root meaning “to be angry” (see HALOT 695 s.v. נטר).

[145:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “in all his ways.”

[145:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “and [is] loving in all his deeds.”