Psalms 119:68

119:68 You are good and you do good.

Teach me your statutes!

Psalms 125:4

125:4 Do good, O Lord, to those who are good,

to the morally upright! 1 

Psalms 68:11

68:11 The Lord speaks; 2 

many, many women spread the good news. 3 

Psalms 109:5

109:5 They repay me evil for good, 4 

and hate for love.

1 tn Heb “pure of heart.” The “heart” is here viewed as the seat of one’s moral character and motives. The “pure of heart” are God’s faithful followers who trust in and love the Lord and, as a result, experience his deliverance (see Pss 7:10; 11:2; 32:11; 36:10; 64:10; 94:15; 97:11).

2 tn Heb “gives a word.” Perhaps this refers to a divine royal decree or battle cry.

3 tn Heb “the ones spreading the good news [are] a large army.” The participle translated “the ones spreading the good news” is a feminine plural form. Apparently the good news here is the announcement that enemy kings have been defeated (see v. 12).

4 tn Heb “and they set upon me evil in place of good.”