Mazmur 71:17-19

71:17 O God, you have taught me since I was young,

and I am still declaring ¹  your amazing deeds.

71:18 Even when I am old and gray, ² 

O God, do not abandon me,

until I tell the next generation about your strength,

and those coming after me about your power. ³ 

71:19 Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; ⁴ 

you have done great things. ⁵ 

O God, who can compare to you? ⁶ 

Mazmur 72:18

72:18 The Lord God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! ⁷ 

He alone accomplishes amazing things! ⁸ 

Mazmur 105:2

105:2 Sing to him!

Make music to him!

Tell about all his miraculous deeds!

Mazmur 119:27

119:27 Help me to understand what your precepts mean! ⁹ 

Then I can meditate ¹⁰  on your marvelous teachings. ¹¹ 

Mazmur 136:4-5

136:4 to the one who performs magnificent, amazing deeds all by himself,

for his loyal love endures,

136:5 to the one who used wisdom to make the heavens,

for his loyal love endures,

Mazmur 145:5

145:5 I will focus on your honor and majestic splendor,

and your amazing deeds! ¹² 

[71:17]  ¹ tn Heb “and until now I am declaring.”

[71:18]  ² tn Heb “and even unto old age and gray hair.”

[71:18]  ³ tn Heb “until I declare your arm to a generation, to everyone who comes your power.” God’s “arm” here is an anthropomorphism that symbolizes his great strength.

[71:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “your justice, O God, [is] unto the height.” The Hebrew term מָרוֹם (marom, “height”) is here a title for the sky/heavens.

[71:19]  sn Extends to the skies above. Similar statements are made in Pss 36:5 and 57:10.

[71:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “you who have done great things.”

[71:19]  ⁶ tn Or “Who is like you?”

[72:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21; 41:13.

[72:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “[the] one who does amazing things by himself.”

[119:27]  ⁹ tn Heb “the way of your precepts make me understand.”

[119:27]  ¹⁰ tn The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:27]  ¹¹ tn Heb “your amazing things,” which refers here to the teachings of the law (see v. 18).

[145:5]  ¹² tn Heb “the splendor of the glory of your majesty, and the matters of your amazing deeds I will ponder.”