Psalms 34:22

34:22 The Lord rescues his servants; 1 

all who take shelter in him escape punishment. 2 

Psalms 90:16

90:16 May your servants see your work! 3 

May their sons see your majesty! 4 

Psalms 105:25

105:25 He caused them 5  to hate his people,

and to mistreat 6  his servants.

Psalms 113:1

Psalm 113 7 

113:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise, you servants of the Lord,

praise the name of the Lord!

Psalms 119:91

119:91 Today they stand firm by your decrees,

for all things are your servants.

Psalms 135:1

Psalm 135 8 

135:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise the name of the Lord!

Offer praise, you servants of the Lord,

Psalms 135:14

135:14 For the Lord vindicates 9  his people,

and has compassion on his servants. 10 

1 tn Heb “redeems the life of his servants.” The Hebrew participial form suggests such deliverance is characteristic.

2 tn “Taking shelter” in the Lord is an idiom for seeking his protection. Seeking his protection presupposes and even demonstrates the subject’s loyalty to the Lord. In the psalms those who “take shelter” in the Lord are contrasted with the wicked and equated with those who love, fear, and serve the Lord (Pss 2:12; 5:11-12; 31:19).

3 tn Heb “may your work be revealed to your servants.” In this context (note v. 17) the verb form יֵרָאֶה (yera’eh) is best understood as an unshortened jussive (see Gen 1:9; Isa 47:3).

4 tn Heb “and your majesty to their sons.” The verb “be revealed” is understood by ellipsis in the second line.

5 tn Heb “their heart.”

6 tn Or “to deal deceptively.” The Hitpael of נָכַל (nakhal) occurs only here and in Gen 37:18, where it is used of Joseph’s brothers “plotting” to kill him.

7 sn Psalm 113. The psalmist praises God as the sovereign king of the world who reaches down to help the needy.

8 sn Psalm 135. The psalmist urges God’s people to praise him because he is the incomparable God and ruler of the world who has accomplished great things for Israel.

9 tn Heb “judges,” but here the idea is that the Lord “judges on behalf of” his people. The imperfect verbal forms here and in the next line draw attention to the Lord’s characteristic actions.

10 sn Verse 14 echoes Deut 32:36, where Moses affirms that God mercifully relents from fully judging his wayward people.