73:28 But as for me, God’s presence is all I need. 1
I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter,
as 2 I declare all the things you have done.
74:9 We do not see any signs of God’s presence; 3
there are no longer any prophets 4
and we have no one to tell us how long this will last. 5
For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; 7 a psalm of Asaph; a song.
75:1 We give thanks to you, O God! We give thanks!
You reveal your presence; 8
people tell about your amazing deeds.
1 tn Heb “but as for me, the nearness of God for me [is] good.”
2 tn The infinitive construct with -לְ (lÿ) is understood here as indicating an attendant circumstance. Another option is to take it as indicating purpose (“so that I might declare”) or result (“with the result that I declare”).
3 tn Heb “our signs we do not see.” Because of the reference to a prophet in the next line, it is likely that the “signs” in view here include the evidence of God’s presence as typically revealed through the prophets. These could include miraculous acts performed by the prophets (see, for example, Isa 38:7-8) or object lessons which they acted out (see, for example, Isa 20:3).
4 tn Heb “there is not still a prophet.”
5 tn Heb “and [there is] not with us one who knows how long.”
6 sn Psalm 75. The psalmist celebrates God’s just rule, which guarantees that the godly will be vindicated and the wicked destroyed.
7 tn Heb “do not destroy.” Perhaps this refers to a particular style of music, a tune title, or a musical instrument. These words also appear in the superscription to Pss 57-59.
8 tn Heb “and near [is] your name.”