By David.
103:1 Praise the Lord, O my soul!
With all that is within me, praise 2 his holy name!
104:1 Praise the Lord, O my soul!
O Lord my God, you are magnificent. 4
You are robed in splendor and majesty.
104:35 May sinners disappear 5 from the earth,
and the wicked vanish!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Praise the Lord!
143:6 I spread my hands out to you in prayer; 6
my soul thirsts for you in a parched 7 land. 8
1 sn Psalm 103. The psalmist praises God for his mercy and willingness to forgive his people.
2 tn The verb “praise” is understood by ellipsis in the second line (see the preceding line).
3 sn Psalm 104. The psalmist praises God as the ruler of the world who sustains all life.
4 tn Heb “very great.”
5 tn Or “be destroyed.”
6 tn The words “in prayer” are supplied in the translation to clarify that the psalmist is referring to a posture of prayer.
7 tn Heb “faint” or “weary.” See Ps 63:1.
8 tc Heb “my soul like a faint land for you.” A verb (perhaps “thirsts”) is implied (see Ps 63:1). The translation assumes an emendation of the preposition -כְּ (kÿ, “like”) to -בְּ (bÿ, “in,” see Ps 63:1; cf. NEB “athirst for thee in a thirsty land”). If the MT is retained, one might translate, “my soul thirsts for you, as a parched land does for water/rain” (cf. NIV, NRSV).