Psalm 145:15-20 (Leslie C. Allen, WBC Series)

In v 15 the verb , “look,” has a connotation of hopeful waiting (see W. Zimmerli, Man and His Hope in the Old Testament [SBT 2.20; London: SCM Press, 1968] 36; Wolff, Anthropology, 150). In v 18 , “those who call upon him,” does not relate to cultic prayer but is a general term for the worshiping community of Israel, like those people mentioned in vv 19a, 20a, and also v 10b (J. Becker, Gottesfurcht, 148). In v 20 a chiasm reinforces the antithesis (Watson, Traditional Techniques, 372).