Discovery BoxPsalms 31:23 
Context31:23 Love the Lord, all you faithful followers 1 of his!
The Lord protects those who have integrity,
but he pays back in full the one who acts arrogantly. 2
Psalms 35:26
Context35:26 May those who want to harm me be totally embarrassed and ashamed! 3
May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation! 4
Psalms 38:16
Context38:16 I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; 5
when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me. 6
1 tn A “faithful follower” (חָסִיד, khasid) is one who does what is right in God’s eyes and remains faithful to God (see Pss 4:3; 12:1; 16:10; 31:23; 37:28; 86:2; 97:10).
2 tn The participial forms in the second and third lines characterize the Lord as one who typically protects the faithful and judges the proud.
3 tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed together, the ones who rejoice over my harm.”
4 tn Heb “may they be clothed with shame and humiliation, the ones who magnify [themselves] against me.” The prefixed verbal forms in v. 26 are understood as jussives (see vv. 24b-25, where the negative particle אַל (’al) appears before the prefixed verbal forms, indicating they are jussives). The psalmist is calling down judgment on his enemies.
5 tn Heb “For I said, ‘Lest they rejoice over me.’” The psalmist recalls the motivating argument of his petition. He probably prefaced this statement with a prayer for deliverance (see Pss 7:1-2; 13:3-4; 28:1).
6 tn Heb “they will magnify against me.” See Pss 35:26; 55:13.
