Discovery BoxPsalms 33:12 
Context33:12 How blessed 1 is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession. 2
Psalms 88:5
Contextlike corpses lying in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
and who are cut off from your power. 4
Psalms 106:38
Context106:38 They shed innocent blood –
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.
The land was polluted by bloodshed. 5
Psalms 144:2
Context144:2 who loves me 6 and is my stronghold,
my refuge 7 and my deliverer,
my shield and the one in whom I take shelter,
who makes nations submit to me. 8
1 tn The Hebrew noun is an abstract plural. The word often refers metonymically to the happiness that God-given security and prosperity produce (see Pss 1:1; 2:12; 34:9; 41:1; 65:4; 84:12; 89:15; 106:3; 112:1; 127:5; 128:1; 144:15).
2 tn Heb “inheritance.”
3 tn Heb “set free.”
4 tn Heb “from your hand.”
5 sn Num 35:33-34 explains that bloodshed defiles a land.
6 tn Heb “my loyal love,” which is probably an abbreviated form of “the God of my loyal love” (see Ps 59:10, 17).
7 tn Or “my elevated place.”
8 tn Heb “the one who subdues nations beneath me.”
