Psalms 9:19

9:19 Rise up, Lord! 1 

Don’t let men be defiant! 2 

May the nations be judged in your presence!

Psalms 21:6

21:6 For you grant him lasting blessings;

you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence. 3 

Psalms 41:12

41:12 As for me, you uphold 4  me because of my integrity; 5 

you allow 6  me permanent access to your presence. 7 

Psalms 95:2

95:2 Let’s enter his presence 8  with thanksgiving!

Let’s shout out to him in celebration! 9 

Psalms 102:28

102:28 The children of your servants will settle down here,

and their descendants 10  will live securely in your presence.” 11 

Psalms 140:13

140:13 Certainly the godly will give thanks to your name;

the morally upright will live in your presence.

1 sn Rise up, Lord! …May the nations be judged. The psalm concludes with a petition that the Lord would continue to exercise his justice as he has done in the recent crisis.

2 tn Or “prevail.”

3 tn Heb “you make him happy with joy with [i.e., “close by” or “in”] your face.” On the idiom “with your face” (i.e., “in your presence”) see Ps 16:11 and BDB 816 s.v. פָּנֻה II.2.a.

4 tn Or “have upheld.” The perfect verbal form can be taken as generalizing/descriptive (present) or as a present perfect.

5 sn Because of my integrity. See Pss 7:8; 25:21; 26:1, 11.

6 tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive has the same aspectual function as the preceding perfect. It is either generalizing/descriptive (present) or has a present perfect nuance (“you have allowed”).

7 tn Heb “and you cause me to stand before you permanently.”

8 tn Heb “meet his face.”

9 tn Heb “with songs of joy.”

10 tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

11 tn Heb “before you will be established.”