3:8 The Lord delivers; 1
you show favor to your people. 2 (Selah)
25:13 They experience his favor; 3
their descendants 4 inherit the land. 5
123:3 Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor!
For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some. 6
1 tn Heb “to the
2 tn Heb “upon your people [is] your blessing.” In this context God’s “blessing” includes deliverance/protection, vindication, and sustained life (see Pss 21:3, 6; 24:5).
3 tn Heb “his life in goodness dwells.” The singular is representative (see v. 14).
4 tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”
5 tn Or “earth.”
6 tn Heb “for greatly we are filled [with] humiliation.”