115:9 O Israel, trust in the Lord!
He is their deliverer 1 and protector. 2
115:10 O family 3 of Aaron, trust in the Lord!
He is their deliverer 4 and protector. 5
115:11 You loyal followers of the Lord, 6 trust in the Lord!
He is their deliverer 7 and protector. 8
115:12 The Lord takes notice of us, 9 he will bless 10 –
he will bless the family 11 of Israel,
he will bless the family of Aaron.
1 tn Or “[source of] help.”
2 tn Heb “and their shield.”
3 tn Heb “house.”
4 tn Or “[source of] help.”
5 tn Heb “and their shield.”
6 tn Heb “[you] fearers of the
7 tn Or “[source of] help.”
8 tn Heb “and their shield.”
9 tn Or “remembers us.”
10 tn Another option is to translate the prefixed form of the verb “bless” in vv. 12-13 as a jussive, “may he bless” (see v. 14).
11 tn Heb “house.”