Psalms 32:11

32:11 Rejoice in the Lord and be happy, you who are godly!

Shout for joy, all you who are morally upright!

Psalms 89:42

89:42 You have allowed his adversaries to be victorious,

and all his enemies to rejoice.

Psalms 111:7

111:7 His acts are characterized by faithfulness and justice;

all his precepts are reliable.

Psalms 119:97

מ (Mem)

119:97 O how I love your law!

All day long I meditate on it.

Psalms 119:118

119:118 You despise all who stray from your statutes,

for they are deceptive and unreliable.

Psalms 119:151

119:151 You are near, O Lord,

and all your commands are reliable.


tn Heb “all [you] 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; 36:10; 64:10; 94:15; 97:11).

tn Heb “you have lifted up the right hand of his adversaries.” The idiom “the right hand is lifted up” refers to victorious military deeds (see Pss 89:13; 118:16).

tn Heb “the deeds of his hands [are].”

tn That is, fair and for man’s good.

tn The Hebrew verb סָלָה (salah, “to disdain”) occurs only here and in Lam 1:15. Cognate usage in Aramaic and Akkadian, as well as Lam 1:15, suggest it may have a concrete nuance of “to throw away.”

tn Heb “for their deceit [is] falsehood.”

tn Or “truth.”