Psalms 118:14

The Lord gives me strength and protects me; ¹  he has become my deliverer.” ² 

Ex 15:2-6; Ps 18:2; Isa 12:2; Isa 45:17,22-25; Mt 1:21-23

¹ tn Heb “my strength and protection [is] the Lord.” The Hebrew term זִמְרָת (zimrat) is traditionally understood as meaning “song” (“my strength and song [is] the Lord”) in which case one might translate, “for the Lord gives me strength and joy” (i.e., a reason to sing). However, many recent commentators have argued that the noun זִמְרָת is here a homonym, meaning “protection” or “strength.” See HALOT 274 s.v.; cf. NEB “The Lord is my refuge and defence”; NRSV “my strength and my might.”

² tn Or “salvation.”