21:5 Your deliverance brings him great honor; 1
you give him majestic splendor. 2
46:8 Come! Witness the exploits 3 of the Lord,
who brings devastation to the earth! 4
75:7 For God is the judge! 5
He brings one down and exalts another. 6
147:14 He 7 brings peace to your territory. 8
He abundantly provides for you 9 the best grain.
1 tn Or “great glory.”
2 tn Heb “majesty and splendor you place upon him.” For other uses of the phrase הוֹד וְהָדָר (hod vÿhadar, “majesty and splendor”) see 1 Chr 16:27; Job 40:10; Pss 96:6; 104:1; 111:3.
3 sn In this context the Lord’s exploits are military in nature (see vv. 8b-9).
4 tn Heb “who sets desolations in the earth” (see Isa 13:9). The active participle describes God’s characteristic activity as a warrior.
5 tn Or “judges.”
6 tn The imperfects here emphasize the generalizing nature of the statement.
7 tn Heb “the one who.”
8 tn Heb “he makes your boundary peace.”
9 tn Heb “satisfies you with.”