59:10 The God who loves me will help me; 1
God will enable me to triumph over 2 my enemies. 3
67:4 Let foreigners 4 rejoice and celebrate!
For you execute justice among the nations,
and govern the people living on earth. 5 (Selah)
1 tn Heb “the God of my [Qere (marginal reading); the Kethib (consonantal text) has “his”] loyal love will meet me.”
2 tn Heb “will cause me to look upon.”
3 tn Heb “those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 54:5; 56:2.
4 tn Or “peoples.”
5 tn Heb “for you judge nations fairly, and [as for the] peoples in the earth, you lead them.” The imperfects are translated with the present tense because the statement is understood as a generalization about God’s providential control of the world. Another option is to understand the statement as anticipating God’s future rule (“for you will rule…and govern”).