12:2 Look, God is my deliverer! 1
I will trust in him 2 and not fear.
For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; 3
he has become my deliverer.” 4
33:6 He is your constant source of stability; 6
he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; 7
he gives all this to those who fear him. 8
38:19 The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks,
as I do today.
A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.
1 tn Or “salvation” (KJV, NIV, NRSV).
2 tn The words “in him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
3 tc The Hebrew text has, “for my strength and protection [is] the Lord, the Lord (Heb “Yah, Yahweh).” The word יְהוָה (yehvah) is probably dittographic or explanatory here (note that the short form of the name [יָהּ, yah] precedes, and that the graphically similar וַיְהִי [vayÿhi] follows). Exod 15:2, the passage from which the words of v. 2b are taken, has only יָהּ. The word זִמְרָת (zimrat) is traditionally understood as meaning “song,” in which case one might translate, “for the Lord gives me strength and joy” (i.e., a reason to sing); note that in v. 5 the verb זָמַר (zamar, “sing”) appears. Many recent commentators, however, have argued that the noun is here instead a homonym, meaning “protection” or “strength.” See HALOT 274 s.v. III *זמר.
4 tn Or “salvation” (so many English versions, e.g., KJV, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “my savior.”
5 tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
6 tn Heb “and he is the stability of your times.”
7 tn Heb “a rich store of deliverance, wisdom, and knowledge.”
8 tn Heb “the fear of the Lord, it is his treasure.”