Mazmur 78:63

78:63 Fire consumed their ¹  young men,

and their ²  virgins remained unmarried. ³ 

Mazmur 90:11

90:11 Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? ⁴ 

Your raging fury causes people to fear you. ⁵ 

Mazmur 92:14

92:14 They bear fruit even when they are old;

they are filled with vitality and have many leaves. ⁶ 

Mazmur 96:11

96:11 Let the sky rejoice, and the earth be happy!

Let the sea and everything in it shout!

Mazmur 98:7

98:7 Let the sea and everything in it shout,

along with the world and those who live in it!

Mazmur 106:2

106:2 Who can adequately recount the Lord’s mighty acts,

or relate all his praiseworthy deeds? ⁷ 

Mazmur 119:70

119:70 Their hearts are calloused, ⁸ 

but I find delight in your law.

Mazmur 123:3

123:3 Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor!

For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some. ⁹ 

Mazmur 129:1-2

Psalm 129 ¹⁰ 

A song of ascents. ¹¹ 

129:1 “Since my youth they have often attacked me,”

let Israel say.

129:2 “Since my youth they have often attacked me,

but they have not defeated me.

[78:63]  ¹ tn Heb “his.” The singular pronominal suffix is collective, referring back to God’s “people” (v. 62).

[78:63]  ² tn Heb “his.” The singular pronominal suffix is collective, referring back to God’s “people” (v. 62).

[78:63]  ³ tn Heb “were not praised,” that is, in wedding songs. The young men died in masses, leaving no husbands for the young women.

[90:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “Who knows the strength of your anger?”

[90:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “and like your fear [is] your raging fury.” Perhaps one should emend וּכְיִרְאָתְךְ (ukhyir’otekh, “and like your fear”) to יִרְאָתְךְ (yir’otkh, “your fear”), understanding a virtual dittography (אַפֶּךָ וּכְיִרְאָתְךְ, ’apekha ukhyir’otekh) to have occurred. In this case the psalmist asserts “your fear [is] your raging fury,” that is, your raging fury is what causes others to fear you. The suffix on “fear” is understood as objective.

[92:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “they are juicy and fresh.”

[106:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “[or] cause to be heard all his praise.”

[119:70]  ⁸ tn Heb “their heart is insensitive like fat.”

[123:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “for greatly we are filled [with] humiliation.”

[129:1]  ¹⁰ sn Psalm 129. Israel affirms God’s justice and asks him to destroy the enemies of Zion.

[129:1]  ¹¹ sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.