Psalms 98:3

98:3 He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel. ¹ 

All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us. ² 

Psalms 106:45

106:45 He remembered his covenant with them,

and relented ³  because of his great loyal love.

Psalms 136:23

136:23 to the one who remembered us when we were down, ⁴ 

for his loyal love endures,

Psalms 136:2

136:2 Give thanks to the God of gods,

for his loyal love endures.

Psalms 6:1

Psalm 6 ⁵ 

For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the sheminith style; ⁶  a psalm of David.

6:1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger!

Do not discipline me in your raging fury! ⁷ 

Luke 1:54

1:54 He has helped his servant Israel, remembering ⁸  his mercy, ⁹ 

Luke 1:71-72

1:71 that we should be saved ¹⁰  from our enemies, ¹¹ 

and from the hand of all who hate us.

1:72 He has done this ¹²  to show mercy ¹³  to our ancestors, ¹⁴ 

and to remember his holy covenant ¹⁵  –

[98:3]  ¹ tn Heb “he remembers his loyal love and his faithfulness to the house of Israel.”

[98:3]  ² tn Heb “the deliverance of our God,” with “God” being a subjective genitive (= God delivers).

[106:45]  ³ tn The Niphal of נָחַם (nakham) refers here to God relenting from a punishment already underway.

[136:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “who, in our low condition, remembered us.”

[6:1]  ⁵ sn Psalm 6. The psalmist begs the Lord to withdraw his anger and spare his life. Having received a positive response to his prayer, the psalmist then confronts his enemies and describes how they retreat.

[6:1]  ⁶ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term שְׁמִינִית (shÿminit, “sheminith”) is uncertain; perhaps it refers to a particular style of music. See 1 Chr 15:21.

[6:1]  ⁷ sn The implication is that the psalmist has sinned, causing God to discipline him by bringing a life-threatening illness upon him (see vv. 2-7).

[1:54]  ⁸ tn Or “because he remembered mercy,” understanding the infinitive as causal.

[1:54]  ⁹ tn Or “his [God’s] loyal love.”

[1:71]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “from long ago, salvation.”

[1:71]  ¹¹ sn The theme of being saved from our enemies is like the release Jesus preached in Luke 4:18-19. Luke’s narrative shows that one of the enemies in view is Satan and his cohorts, with the grip they have on humanity.

[1:72]  ¹² tn The words “He has done this” (referring to the raising up of the horn of salvation from David’s house) are not in the Greek text, but are supplied to allow a new sentence to be started in the translation. The Greek sentence is lengthy and complex at this point, while contemporary English uses much shorter sentences.

[1:72]  ¹³ sn Mercy refers to God’s loyal love (steadfast love) by which he completes his promises. See Luke 1:50.

[1:72]  ¹⁴ tn Or “our forefathers”; Grk “our fathers.” This begins with the promise to Abraham (vv. 55, 73), and thus refers to many generations of ancestors.

[1:72]  ¹⁵ sn The promises of God can be summarized as being found in the one promise (the oath that he swore) to Abraham (Gen 12:1-3).