Psalms 98:9

98:9 before the Lord!

For he comes to judge the earth!

He judges the world fairly, ¹ 

and the nations in a just manner.

Psalms 102:13

102:13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. ² 

For it is time to have mercy on her,

for the appointed time has come.

Psalms 126:6

126:6 The one who weeps as he walks along, carrying his bag ³  of seed,

will certainly come in with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves of grain. ⁴ 

[98:9]  ¹ tn The verbal forms in v. 9 probably describe God’s typical, characteristic behavior, though they may depict in dramatic fashion the outworking of divine judgment or anticipate a future judgment of worldwide proportions (“will judge…”).

[102:13]  ² tn The imperfect verbal forms are understood as expressing the psalmist’s confidence in God’s intervention. Another option is to take them as expressing the psalmist’s request or wish, “You, rise up and have compassion!”

[126:6]  ³ tn The noun occurs only here and in Job 28:18 in the OT. See HALOT 646 s.v. I מֶשֶׁךְ which gives “leather pouch” as the meaning.

[126:6]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew noun אֲלֻמָּה (’alummah, “sheaf”) occurs only here and in Gen 37:7 in the OT.