Mazmur 31:21

31:21 The Lord deserves praise ¹ 

for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies. ² 

Mazmur 34:2

34:2 I will boast ³  in the Lord;

let the oppressed hear and rejoice! ⁴ 

Mazmur 34:16

34:16 But the Lord opposes evildoers

and wipes out all memory of them from the earth. ⁵ 

Mazmur 35:14

35:14 I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. ⁶ 

I bowed down ⁷  in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother. ⁸ 

Mazmur 72:19

72:19 His glorious name deserves praise ⁹  forevermore!

May his majestic splendor ¹⁰  fill the whole earth!

We agree! We agree! ¹¹ 

Mazmur 89:13

89:13 Your arm is powerful,

your hand strong,

your right hand ¹²  victorious. ¹³ 

Mazmur 99:9

99:9 Praise ¹⁴  the Lord our God!

Worship on his holy hill,

for the Lord our God is holy!

Mazmur 102:19

102:19 For he will look down from his sanctuary above; ¹⁵ 

from heaven the Lord will look toward earth, ¹⁶ 

Mazmur 105:8

105:8 He always remembers his covenantal decree,

the promise he made ¹⁷  to a thousand generations –

Mazmur 119:74

119:74 Your loyal followers will be glad when they see me, ¹⁸ 

for I find hope in your word.

Mazmur 145:12

145:12 so that mankind ¹⁹  might acknowledge your mighty acts,

and the majestic splendor of your kingdom.

Mazmur 145:21

145:21 My mouth will praise the Lord. ²⁰ 

Let all who live ²¹  praise his holy name forever!

[31:21]  ¹ tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord.”

[31:21]  ² tn Heb “for he caused his faithfulness to be amazing to me in a besieged city.” The psalmist probably speaks figuratively here. He compares his crisis to being trapped in a besieged city, but the Lord answered his prayer for help. Verses 19-24 were apparently written after the Lord answered the prayer of vv. 1-18.

[34:2]  ³ tn Heb “my soul will boast”; or better, “let my soul boast.” Following the cohortative form in v. 1, it is likely that the prefixed verbal form here is jussive.

[34:2]  ⁴ tn The two prefixed verbal forms in this verse are best taken as jussives, for the psalmist is calling his audience to worship (see v. 3).

[34:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “the face of the Lord [is] against the doers of evil to cut off from the earth memory of them.”

[35:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “like a friend, like a brother to me I walked about.”

[35:14]  ⁷ sn I bowed down. Bowing down was a posture for mourning. See Ps 38:6.

[35:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “like mourning for a mother [in] sorrow I bowed down.”

[72:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “[be] blessed.”

[72:19]  ¹⁰ tn Or “glory.”

[72:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “surely and surely” (אָמֵן וְאָמֵן [’amen vÿ’amen], i.e., “Amen and amen”). This is probably a congregational response of agreement to the immediately preceding statement about the propriety of praising God.

[89:13]  ¹² sn The Lord’s arm, hand, and right hand all symbolize his activities, especially his exploits in war.

[89:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “is lifted up.” The idiom “the right hand is lifted up” refers to victorious military deeds (see Pss 89:42; 118:16).

[99:9]  ¹⁴ tn Or “exalt.”

[102:19]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “from the height of his sanctuary.”

[102:19]  ¹⁶ tn The perfect verbal forms in v. 19 are functioning as future perfects, indicating future actions that will precede the future developments described in v. 18.

[105:8]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “[the] word he commanded.” The text refers here to God’s unconditional covenantal promise to Abraham and the patriarchs, as vv. 10-12 make clear.

[119:74]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “those who fear you will see me and rejoice.”

[145:12]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the sons of man.”

[145:21]  ²⁰ tn Heb “the praise of the Lord my mouth will speak.”

[145:21]  ²¹ tn Heb “all flesh.”