Mazmur 22:25

22:25 You are the reason I offer praise ¹  in the great assembly;

I will fulfill my promises before the Lord’s loyal followers. ² 

Mazmur 35:18

35:18 Then I will give you thanks in the great assembly; ³ 

I will praise you before a large crowd of people! ⁴ 

Mazmur 40:9-10

40:9 I have told the great assembly ⁵  about your justice. ⁶ 

Look! I spare no words! ⁷ 

O Lord, you know this is true.

40:10 I have not failed to tell about your justice; ⁸ 

I spoke about your reliability and deliverance;

I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness. ⁹ 

Mazmur 89:5

89:5 O Lord, the heavens ¹⁰  praise your amazing deeds,

as well as your faithfulness in the angelic assembly. ¹¹ 

Mazmur 89:7

89:7 a God who is honored ¹²  in the great angelic assembly, ¹³ 

and more awesome than ¹⁴  all who surround him?

Mazmur 107:32

107:32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people!

Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside! ¹⁵ 

Mazmur 108:3

108:3 I will give you thanks before the nations, O Lord!

I will sing praises to you before foreigners! ¹⁶ 

Mazmur 109:30

109:30 I will thank the Lord profusely, ¹⁷ 

in the middle of a crowd ¹⁸  I will praise him,

Mazmur 149:1

Psalm 149 ¹⁹ 

149:1 Praise the Lord!

Sing to the Lord a new song!

Praise him in the assembly of the godly! ²⁰ 

[22:25]  ¹ tn Heb “from with you [is] my praise.”

[22:25]  ² tn Heb “my vows I will fulfill before those who fear him.” When asking the Lord for help, the psalmists would typically promise to praise the Lord publicly if he intervened and delivered them.

[35:18]  ³ sn The great assembly is also mentioned in Ps 22:25.

[35:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “among numerous people.”

[40:9]  ⁵ sn The great assembly is also mentioned in Pss 22:25 and 35:18.

[40:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “I proclaim justice in the great assembly.” Though “justice” appears without a pronoun here, the Lord’s just acts are in view (see v. 10). His “justice” (צֶדֶק, tsedeq) is here the deliverance that originates in his justice; he protects and vindicates the one whose cause is just.

[40:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “Look! My lips I do not restrain.”

[40:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “your justice I have not hidden in the midst of my heart.”

[40:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “I have not hidden your loyal love and reliability.”

[89:5]  ¹⁰ tn As the following context makes clear, the personified “heavens” here stand by metonymy for the angelic beings that surround God’s heavenly throne.

[89:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in the assembly of the holy ones.” The phrase “holy ones” sometimes refers to God’s people (Ps 34:9) or to their priestly leaders (2 Chr 35:3), but here it refers to God’s heavenly assembly and the angels that surround his throne (see vv. 6-7).

[89:7]  ¹² tn Heb “feared.”

[89:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “in the great assembly of the holy ones.”

[89:7]  ¹⁴ tn Or perhaps “feared by.”

[107:32]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “in the seat of the elders.”

[108:3]  ¹⁶ tn Or “the peoples.”

[109:30]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “I will thank the Lord very much with my mouth.”

[109:30]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “many.”

[149:1]  ¹⁹ sn Psalm 149. The psalmist calls upon God’s people to praise him because he is just and avenges them.

[149:1]  ²⁰ tn Heb “his praise in the assembly of the godly ones.”