22:8 They say, 1
“Commit yourself 2 to the Lord!
Let the Lord 3 rescue him!
Let the Lord 4 deliver him, for he delights in him.” 5
A song of ascents. 7
134:1 Attention! 8 Praise the Lord,
all you servants of the Lord,
who serve 9 in the Lord’s temple during the night.
146:8 The Lord gives sight to the blind.
The Lord lifts up all who are bent over. 10
The Lord loves the godly.
1 tn The words “they say” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons. The psalmist here quotes the sarcastic taunts of his enemies.
2 tn Heb “roll [yourself].” The Hebrew verb גלל here has the sense of “commit” (see Prov 16:3). The imperatival form in the Hebrew text indicates the enemies here address the psalmist. Since they refer to him in the third person in the rest of the verse, some prefer to emend the verb to a perfect, “he commits himself to the
3 tn Heb “Let him”; the referent (the
4 tn Heb “Let him”; the referent (the
5 tn That is, “for he [the
sn This statement does not necessarily reflect the enemies’ actual belief, but it does reflect the psalmist’s confession. The psalmist’s enemies sarcastically appeal to God to help him, because he claims to be an object of divine favor. However, they probably doubted the reality of his claim.
6 sn Psalm 134. The psalmist calls on the temple servants to praise God (vv. 1-2). They in turn pronounce a blessing on the psalmist (v. 3).
7 sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.
8 tn Heb “Look!”
9 tn Heb “stand.”
10 tn Perhaps “discouraged” (see Ps 57:6).