10:16 The Lord rules forever! 1
The nations are driven out of his land. 2
26:7 to give you thanks, 3
and to tell about all your amazing deeds. 4
29:4 The Lord’s shout is powerful, 5
the Lord’s shout is majestic. 6
29:5 The Lord’s shout breaks 7 the cedars,
the Lord shatters 8 the cedars of Lebanon. 9
31:6 I hate those who serve worthless idols, 10
but I trust in the Lord.
37:21 Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt,
but the godly show compassion and are generous. 11
37:30 The godly speak wise words
and promote justice. 12
37:32 Evil men set an ambush for the godly
and try to kill them. 13
75:2 God says, 14
“At the appointed times, 15
I judge 16 fairly.
106:28 They worshiped 17 Baal of Peor,
and ate sacrifices offered to the dead. 18
106:33 for they aroused 19 his temper, 20
and he spoke rashly. 21
107:42 When the godly see this, they rejoice,
and every sinner 22 shuts his mouth.
112:2 His descendants 23 will be powerful on the earth;
the godly 24 will be blessed.
115:13 He will bless his loyal followers, 25
both young and old. 26
115:15 May you be blessed by the Lord,
the creator 27 of heaven and earth!
116:13 I will celebrate my deliverance, 28
and call on the name of the Lord.
116:15 The Lord values
the lives of his faithful followers. 29
124:8 Our deliverer is the Lord, 30
the Creator 31 of heaven and earth.
134:3 May the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth,
bless you 32 from Zion! 33
1 tn Heb “the
2 tn Or “the nations perish from his land.” The perfect verb form may express what is typical or it may express rhetorically the psalmist’s certitude that God’s deliverance is “as good as done.”
sn The nations may be the underlying reality behind the psalmist’s references to the “wicked” in the earlier verses. This reference to the nations may have motivated the combining of Ps 10 with Ps 9 (see Ps 9:5, 15, 19).
3 tn Heb “to cause to be heard the sound of thanksgiving.”
4 tn The two infinitival forms (both with prefixed preposition -לְ, lamed) give the purpose for his appearance at the altar.
5 tn Heb “the voice of the
6 tn Heb “the voice of the
7 tn The Hebrew participial form draws attention to the durative nature of the action being described.
8 tn The prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) consecutive here and in v. 6a carry on the descriptive function of the preceding participle (see GKC 329 §111.u). The verb שָׁבַר (shavar) appears in the Qal in the first line of the verse, and in the Piel in the second line. The verb, which means “break” in the Qal, appears thirty-six times in the Piel, always with multiple objects (the object is either a collective singular or grammatically plural or dual form). The Piel may highlight the repetition of the pluralative action, or it may suggest an intensification of action, indicating repeated action comprising a whole, perhaps with the nuance “break again and again, break in pieces.” Another option is to understand the form as resultative: “make broken” (see IBHS 404-7 §24.3).
9 sn The cedars of the Lebanon forest were well-known in ancient Israel for their immense size. Here they may symbolize the arrogant enemies of God (see Isa 2:12-13).
10 tn Heb “the ones who observe vain things of falsehood.” See Jonah 2:9.
11 tn Heb “an evil [man] borrows and does not repay; but a godly [man] is gracious and gives.” The singular forms are used in a representative sense; the typical evildoer and godly individual are in view. The three active participles and one imperfect (“repay”) draw attention to the characteristic behavior of the two types.
12 tn Heb “The mouth of the godly [one] utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.” The singular form is used in a representative sense; the typical godly individual is in view. The imperfect verbal forms draw attention to the characteristic behavior of the godly.
13 tn Heb “an evil [one] watches the godly [one] and seeks to kill him.” The singular forms are used in a representative sense; the typical evildoer and godly individual are in view. The active participles describe characteristic behavior.
14 tn The words “God says” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation to clarify that God speaks in vv. 2-3.
15 tn Heb “when I take an appointed time.”
16 tn Heb “I, [in] fairness, I judge.” The statement is understood in a generalizing sense; God typically executes fair judgment as he governs the world. One could take this as referring to an anticipated (future) judgment, “I will judge.”
17 tn Heb “joined themselves to.”
sn They worshiped Baal of Peor. See Num 25:3, 5. Baal of Peor was a local manifestation of the Canaanite deity Baal located at Peor.
18 tn Here “the dead” may refer to deceased ancestors (see Deut 26:14). Another option is to understand the term as a derogatory reference to the various deities which the Israelites worshiped at Peor along with Baal (see Num 25:2 and L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 [WBC], 49).
19 tn The Hebrew text vocalizes the form as הִמְרוּ (himru), a Hiphil from מָרָה (marah, “to behave rebelliously”), but the verb fits better with the object (“his spirit”) if it is revocalized as הֵמֵרוּ (hemeru), a Hiphil from מָרַר (marar, “to be bitter”). The Israelites “embittered” Moses’ “spirit” in the sense that they aroused his temper with their complaints.
20 tn Heb “his spirit.”
21 tn The Hebrew text adds “with his lips,” but this has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
sn Verses 32-33 allude to the events of Num 20:1-13.
22 tn Heb “all evil,” which stands metonymically for those who do evil.
23 tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”
24 tn Heb “His seed will be mighty on the earth, the generation of the godly.” The Hebrew term דוֹר (dor, “generation”) could be taken as parallel to “offspring” and translated “posterity,” but the singular more likely refers to the godly as a class. See BDB 189-90 s.v. for other examples where “generation” refers to a class of people.
25 tn Heb “the fearers of the
26 tn Heb “the small along with the great.” The translation assumes that “small” and “great” here refer to age (see 2 Chr 15:13). Another option is to translate “both the insignificant and the prominent” (see Job 3:19; cf. NEB “high and low alike”).
27 tn Or “maker.”
28 tn Heb “a cup of deliverance I will lift up.” Perhaps this alludes to a drink offering the psalmist will present as he thanks the
29 tn Heb “precious in the eyes of the
30 tn Heb “our help [is] in the name of the
31 tn Or “Maker.”
32 tn The pronominal suffix is second masculine singular, suggesting that the servants addressed in vv. 1-2 are responding to the psalmist.
33 tn Heb “may the