33:22 May we experience your faithfulness, O Lord, 1
for 2 we wait for you.
69:32 The oppressed look on – let them rejoice!
You who seek God, 3 may you be encouraged! 4
107:43 Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things!
Let them consider the Lord’s acts of loyal love!
119:79 May your loyal followers 5 turn to me,
those who know your rules.
A song of ascents, 7 by David.
124:1 “If the Lord had not been on our side” –
let Israel say this! –
140:9 As for the heads of those who surround me –
may the harm done by 8 their lips overwhelm them!
1 tn Heb “let your faithfulness, O
2 tn Or “just as.”
3 sn You who seek God refers to those who seek to have a relationship with God by obeying and worshiping him (see Ps 53:2).
4 tn Heb “may your heart[s] live.” See Ps 22:26.
5 tn Heb “those who fear you.”
6 sn Psalm 124. Israel acknowledges that the Lord delivered them from certain disaster.
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 “harm of their lips.” The genitive here indicates the source or agent of the harm.