Mazmur 8:9

8:9 O Lord, our Lord, ¹ 

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

Mazmur 22:22

22:22 I will declare your name to my countrymen! ⁵ 

In the middle of the assembly I will praise you!

Mazmur 25:11

25:11 For the sake of your reputation, ⁶  O Lord,

forgive my sin, because it is great. ⁷ 

Mazmur 74:7

74:7 They set your sanctuary on fire;

they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground. ⁸ 

Mazmur 74:18

74:18 Remember how ⁹  the enemy hurls insults, O Lord, ¹⁰ 

and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!

Mazmur 83:16

83:16 Cover ¹¹  their faces with shame,

so they might seek ¹²  you, ¹³  O Lord.

Mazmur 86:12

86:12 O Lord, my God, I will give you thanks with my whole heart!

I will honor your name continually! ¹⁴ 

Mazmur 119:55

119:55 I remember your name during the night, O Lord,

and I will keep ¹⁵  your law.

Mazmur 119:132

119:132 Turn toward me and extend mercy to me,

as you typically do to your loyal followers. ¹⁶ 

Mazmur 135:13

135:13 O Lord, your name endures, ¹⁷ 

your reputation, O Lord, lasts. ¹⁸ 

Mazmur 143:11

143:11 O Lord, for the sake of your reputation, ¹⁹  revive me! ²⁰ 

Because of your justice, rescue me from trouble! ²¹ 

Mazmur 145:2

145:2 Every day I will praise you!

I will praise your name continually! ²² 

[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.

[22:22]  ⁵ tn Or “brothers,” but here the term does not carry a literal familial sense. It refers to the psalmist’s fellow members of the Israelite covenant community (see v. 23).

[25:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “name.” By forgiving the sinful psalmist, the Lord’s reputation as a merciful God will be enhanced.

[25:11]  ⁷ sn Forgive my sin, because it is great. The psalmist readily admits his desperate need for forgiveness.

[74:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “to the ground they desecrate the dwelling place of your name.”

[74:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “remember this.”

[74:18]  ¹⁰ tn Or “[how] the enemy insults the Lord.”

[83:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “fill.”

[83:16]  ¹² tn After the preceding imperative, the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose or result (“then they will seek”).

[83:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “your name,” which stands here for God’s person.

[86:12]  ¹⁴ tn Or “forever.”

[119:55]  ¹⁵ tn The cohortative verbal form expresses the psalmist’s resolve to obey the law.

[119:132]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “according to custom toward the lovers of your name.” The “lovers of” God’s “name” are the Lord’s loyal followers. See Pss 5:11; 69:36; Isa 56:6.

[135:13]  ¹⁷ tn Or “is forever.”

[135:13]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “O Lord, your remembrance [is] for a generation and a generation.” See Ps 102:12.

[143:11]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

[143:11]  ²⁰ tn The imperfect verbal forms in vv. 11-12a are understood as expressing the psalmist’s desire. Note the petitionary tone of vv. 7-10a.

[143:11]  ²¹ tn Heb “by your justice bring out my life from trouble.”

[145:2]  ²² tn Or, hyperbolically, “forever.”