² tn Heb “and their right hand is full of a bribe.”

³ tn Heb “your right hand finds those who hate you.”

¹ tn Heb “what was right in the eyes of the Lord.”

² tn Heb “what was right in the eyes of the Lord.”

³ tn Heb “do what is right in my eyes.”

⁴ tn Heb “because she is right in my eyes.”

¹ tn “All right” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹ tn Heb “right of redemption shall be to him.”

¹ tn Or “on the right side,” i.e., the omen mark on the right side of the liver.

⁴ tn Heb “he caused his right hand to turn back.” The implication in such contexts is that the Lord’s right hand protects his city. This image of the right hand is consciously reversed in 2:4.

² tn Heb “portion or right or remembrance.” The expression is probably a hendiatris: The first two nouns retain their full nominal function, while the third noun functions adjectivally (“right or remembrance” = “ancient right”).

² tn Heb “who [with] their mouth speak falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.” See v. 8 where the same expression occurs.

¹ sn God’s commands are a reliable guide to right and wrong. By keeping them the psalmist is doing what is right, yet he is still persecuted.

³ tn Heb “your right hand.” The Lord’s “right hand” here symbolizes his power to protect and deliver (see Pss 17:7; 20:6; 21:8).

² tn Or “the right of his Messiah to rule.” See L&N 37.35.

⁵ sn On seven stars in his right hand see 1:16.

¹ tn Grk “who is at the right hand…having gone into heaven.”

³ sn Note how faith and response are linked here by the phrase and does what is right.

¹ tn Or “What prevents me.” The rhetorical question means, “I should get baptized, right?”

² tn Or “precisely”; Grk “rightly.” Jesus teaches exactly, the straight and narrow.