¹tn Heb “[O] one who lives.”
²tn Traditionally “the Most High.”
³sn The Lord is compared here to a bird who protects its young under the shadow of its wings (see v. 4).
⁴sn The divine name used here is “Shaddai” (yD~v^; see also Ps 68:14). Shaddai (or El Shaddai) is the mighty king (sovereign judge) of the world who grants life/blesses and kills/judges. In Genesis he blesses the patriarchs with fertility and promises numerous descendants. Outside Genesis he both blesses/protects and takes away life/happiness.
⁵tn The word refers specifically to a fowler (or hunter of birds).
⁶tn Heb “put a cover over you” (see Ps 5:11).
⁷tc The Hebrew text has the singular, but the plural should be read. The final yod of the suffix, which indicates the plural, has dropped off by haplography (note the yod at the beginning of the next word).
⁸tn Traditionally the Hebrew term hrjs, which occurs only here in the OT, has been understood to refer to a buckler or small shield (see BDB 695). But HALOT 750, on the basis of evidence from the cognate languages, proposes the meaning “wall.”
⁹tn This probably alludes to a sneak attack by enemies in the darkness of night (see Song 3:8).
¹⁰sn As in Deut 32:23-24, vv. 5-6 closely associate military attack and deadly disease. Perhaps the latter alludes to one of the effects of siege warfare on the population of an entrapped city, which was especially vulnerable to the outbreak of epidemics.
¹¹tn Apparently the deadly disease mentioned in v. 6b is the understood subject here.
¹²tn Heb “retribution on the wicked.”
¹³tn Heb “for you, the Lord, my shelter, the Most High, you have made your dwelling place.”
¹⁴tn Or “confront.”
¹⁵tn For this sense of the Hebrew term ugn see Ps 38:11.
¹⁶tn Heb “your tent.”
¹⁷tn Heb “for his angels he will command concerning you.”
¹⁸tn Heb “in all your ways.”
¹⁹tn Heb “so your foot will not strike a stone.”
²⁰tn Heb “walk upon.”
²¹tn Or perhaps “cobra” (see Ps 58:4).
²²tn The words “the Lord says” are supplied in the translation to clarify that the words which follow are the Lord’s oracle of assurance.
²³tn Or “make him secure” (Heb “set him on high”).
²⁴tn Heb “because he knows my name” (see Ps 9:10).
²⁵tn Heb “length of days.”
²⁶sn Psalm 92. The psalmist praises God because he defeats the wicked and vindicates his loyal followers.