Psalm 9:18-20

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Psalm 9:18 tn Or “forgotten.”
2. Psalm 9:18 tn Heb “the hope of the afflicted does [not] perish forever.” The negative particle is understood by ellipsis; note the preceding line. The imperfect verbal forms express what typically happens.
3. Psalm 9:19 sn Rise up, Lord!…May the nations be judged. The psalm concludes with a petition that the Lord would continue to exercise his justice as he has done in the recent crisis.
4. Psalm 9:19 tn Or “prevail.”
5. Psalm 9:20 tn Heb “place, Lord, terror with regard to them.” The Hebrew term מוֹרָה (morah, “terror”) is an alternative form of מוֹרָא (moraʾ; a reading that appears in some mss and finds support in several ancient textual witnesses).
6. Psalm 9:20 tn Heb “let the nations know they [are] man[kind]”; i.e., mere human beings (as opposed to God).