Mazmur 66:8

66:8 Praise ¹  our God, you nations!

Loudly proclaim his praise! ² 

Mazmur 86:10

86:10 For you are great and do amazing things.

You alone are God.

Mazmur 94:7

94:7 Then they say, “The Lord does not see this;

the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.” ³ 

Mazmur 104:21

104:21 The lions roar for prey,

seeking their food from God. ⁴ 

Mazmur 119:115

119:115 Turn away from me, you evil men,

so that I can observe ⁵  the commands of my God. ⁶ 

Mazmur 147:7

147:7 Offer to the Lord a song of thanks! ⁷ 

Sing praises to our God to the accompaniment of a harp!

[66:8]  ¹ tn Heb “bless,” in the sense of declaring “God to be the source of…special power” (see HALOT 160 s.v. II ברך pi).

[66:8]  ² tn Heb “cause the voice of his praise to be heard.”

[94:7]  ³ tn Heb “does not understand.”

[104:21]  ⁴ sn The lions’ roaring is viewed as a request for food from God.

[119:115]  ⁵ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:115]  ⁶ tn The psalmist has already declared that he observes God’s commands despite persecution, so here the idea must be “so that I might observe the commands of my God unhindered by threats.”

[147:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “sing to the Lord with thanksgiving.”