Mazmur 8:9

8:9 O Lord, our Lord, ¹ 

how magnificent ²  is your reputation ³  throughout the earth! ⁴ 

Mazmur 18:46

18:46 The Lord is alive! ⁵ 

My protector ⁶  is praiseworthy! ⁷ 

The God who delivers me ⁸  is exalted as king! ⁹ 

Mazmur 26:8

26:8 O Lord, I love the temple where you live, ¹⁰ 

the place where your splendor is revealed. ¹¹ 

Mazmur 71:8

71:8 I praise you constantly

and speak of your splendor all day long. ¹² 

Mazmur 97:9

97:9 For you, O Lord, are the sovereign king ¹³  over the whole earth;

you are elevated high above all gods.

Mazmur 102:16

102:16 when the Lord rebuilds Zion,

and reveals his splendor,

Mazmur 104:31

104:31 May the splendor of the Lord endure! ¹⁴ 

May the Lord find pleasure in the living things he has made! ¹⁵ 

Mazmur 135:5

135:5 Yes, ¹⁶  I know the Lord is great,

and our Lord is superior to all gods.

Mazmur 138:5

138:5 Let them sing about the Lord’s deeds, ¹⁷ 

for the Lord’s splendor is magnificent. ¹⁸ 

Mazmur 145:11

145:11 They will proclaim the splendor of your kingdom;

they will tell about your power,

[8:9]  ¹ tn The plural form of the title emphasizes the Lord’s absolute sovereignty.

[8:9]  ² tn Or “awesome, majestic.”

[8:9]  ³ tn Heb “name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

[8:9]  ⁴ sn Using the poetic device of inclusio, the psalmist ends the psalm the way he began it. The concluding refrain is identical to v. 1.

[18:46]  ⁵ tn Elsewhere the construction חַי־יְהוָה (khay-yÿhvah) is used exclusively as an oath formula, “as surely as the Lord lives,” but this is not the case here, for no oath follows. Here the statement is an affirmation of the Lord’s active presence and intervention. In contrast to pagan deities, he demonstrates he is the living God by rescuing and empowering the psalmist.

[18:46]  ⁶ tn Heb “my rocky cliff,” which is a metaphor for protection. See similar phrases in vv. 2, 31.

[18:46]  ⁷ tn Or “blessed [i.e., praised] be.”

[18:46]  ⁸ tn Heb “the God of my deliverance.” 2 Sam 22:48 reads, “the God of the rocky cliff of my deliverance.”

[18:46]  ⁹ tn The words “as king” are supplied in the translation for clarification. Elsewhere in the psalms the verb רוּם (rum, “be exalted”), when used of God, refers to his exalted position as king (Pss 99:2; 113:4; 138:6) and/or his self-revelation as king through his mighty deeds of deliverance (Pss 21:13; 46:10; 57:5, 11).

[26:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the dwelling of your house.”

[26:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the place of the abode of your splendor.”

[71:8]  ¹² tn Heb “my mouth is filled [with] your praise, all the day [with] your splendor.”

[97:9]  ¹³ tn Traditionally “Most High.”

[104:31]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “be forever.”

[104:31]  ¹⁵ tn Or “rejoice in his works.”

[135:5]  ¹⁶ tn Or “for.”

[138:5]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “ways.”

[138:5]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “great.”