Footnotes

1. Psalm 146:1 sn Psalm 146. The psalmist urges his audience not to trust in men, but in the Lord, the just king of the world who cares for the needy.
2. Psalm 146:3 tn Heb “in a son of man, to whom there is no deliverance.”
3. Psalm 146:4 tn Heb “his spirit goes out, it returns to his ground; in that day his plans die.” The singular refers to the representative man mentioned in v. 3b.
4. Psalm 146:6 tn Heb “the one who guards faithfulness forever.”
5. Psalm 146:7 tn Heb “executes justice for the oppressed.”
6. Psalm 146:8 tn Perhaps “discouraged” (see Ps 57:6).
7. Psalm 146:9 sn God is depicted here as a just ruler. In the ancient Near Eastern world a king was responsible for promoting justice, including caring for the weak and vulnerable, epitomized by resident foreigners, the fatherless, and widows. Cf. Exod 22:21; Lev 19:33-34; Deut 10:18-19; 24:14, 17; 27:19; Jer 22:3; Zech 7:10; Mal 3:5.
8. Psalm 146:9 tn Heb “he makes the way of the wicked twisted.” The “way of the wicked” probably refers to their course of life (see Prov 4:19; Jer 12:1). God makes their path tortuous in the sense that he makes them pay the harmful consequences of their actions.
9. Psalm 146:10 tn Heb “for a generation and a generation.”