Discovery BoxPsalms 115:9-13 
Context115:9 O Israel, trust in the Lord!
He is their deliverer 1 and protector. 2
115:10 O family 3 of Aaron, trust in the Lord!
He is their deliverer 4 and protector. 5
115:11 You loyal followers of the Lord, 6 trust in the Lord!
He is their deliverer 7 and protector. 8
115:12 The Lord takes notice of us, 9 he will bless 10 –
he will bless the family 11 of Israel,
he will bless the family of Aaron.
115:13 He will bless his loyal followers, 12
both young and old. 13
1 tn Or “[source of] help.”
2 tn Heb “and their shield.”
3 tn Heb “house.”
4 tn Or “[source of] help.”
5 tn Heb “and their shield.”
6 tn Heb “[you] fearers of the
7 tn Or “[source of] help.”
8 tn Heb “and their shield.”
9 tn Or “remembers us.”
10 tn Another option is to translate the prefixed form of the verb “bless” in vv. 12-13 as a jussive, “may he bless” (see v. 14).
11 tn Heb “house.”
12 tn Heb “the fearers of the
13 tn Heb “the small along with the great.” The translation assumes that “small” and “great” here refer to age (see 2 Chr 15:13). Another option is to translate “both the insignificant and the prominent” (see Job 3:19; cf. NEB “high and low alike”).
