33:17 A horse disappoints those who trust in it for victory; 1
despite its great strength, it cannot deliver.
39:9 I am silent and cannot open my mouth
because of what you have done. 2
48:5 As soon as they see, 3 they are shocked; 4
they are terrified, they quickly retreat. 5
67:6 The earth yields its crops.
May God, our God, bless us!
80:8 You uprooted a vine 6 from Egypt;
you drove out nations and transplanted it.
89:11 The heavens belong to you, as does the earth.
You made the world and all it contains. 7
119:106 I have vowed and solemnly sworn
to keep your just regulations.
119:140 Your word is absolutely pure,
and your servant loves it!
1 tn Heb “a lie [is] the horse for victory.”
2 tn Heb “because you acted.” The psalmist has in mind God’s disciplinary measures (see vv. 10-13).
3 tn The object of “see” is omitted, but v. 3b suggests that the
4 tn Heb “they look, so they are shocked.” Here כֵּן (ken, “so”) has the force of “in the same measure.”
5 tn The translation attempts to reflect the staccato style of the Hebrew text, where the main clauses of vv. 4-6 are simply juxtaposed without connectives.
6 sn The vine is here a metaphor for Israel (see Ezek 17:6-10; Hos 10:1).
7 tn Heb “the world and its fullness, you established them.”