16:7 I will praise 1 the Lord who 2 guides 3 me;
yes, during the night I reflect and learn. 4
21:13 Rise up, O Lord, in strength! 5
We will sing and praise 6 your power!
26:12 I am safe, 7
and among the worshipers I will praise the Lord.
28:6 The Lord deserves praise, 8
for he has heard my plea for mercy! 9
34:3 Magnify the Lord with me!
Let’s praise 10 his name together!
35:28 Then I will tell others about your justice, 11
and praise you all day long. 12
41:13 The Lord God of Israel deserves praise 13
in the future and forevermore! 14
We agree! We agree! 15
45:17 I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years, 16
then the nations will praise you 17 forever.
51:15 O Lord, give me the words! 18
Then my mouth will praise you. 19
57:7 I am determined, 20 O God! I am determined!
I will sing and praise you!
63:3 Because 21 experiencing 22 your loyal love is better than life itself,
my lips will praise you.
For the music director; a song, a psalm.
66:1 Shout out praise to God, all the earth!
66:20 God deserves praise, 24
for 25 he did not reject my prayer
or abandon his love for me! 26
68:26 In your large assemblies praise God,
the Lord, in the assemblies of Israel! 27
71:8 I praise you constantly
and speak of your splendor all day long. 28
71:14 As for me, I will wait continually,
and will continue to praise you. 29
72:18 The Lord God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! 30
He alone accomplishes amazing things! 31
84:4 How blessed 32 are those who live in your temple
and praise you continually! (Selah)
96:2 Sing to the Lord! Praise his name!
Announce every day how he delivers! 33
99:3 Let them praise your great and awesome name!
He 34 is holy!
99:5 Praise 35 the Lord our God!
Worship 36 before his footstool!
He is holy!
102:21 so they may proclaim the name of the Lord in Zion,
and praise him 37 in Jerusalem, 38
103:2 Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Do not forget all his kind deeds! 39
105:45 so that they might keep his commands
and obey 40 his laws.
Praise the Lord!
109:30 I will thank the Lord profusely, 41
in the middle of a crowd 42 I will praise him,
113:3 From east to west 43
the Lord’s name is deserving of praise.
113:9 He makes the barren woman of the family 44
a happy mother of children. 45
Praise the Lord!
117:1 Praise the Lord, all you nations!
Applaud him, all you foreigners! 47
119:108 O Lord, please accept the freewill offerings of my praise! 48
Teach me your regulations!
119:164 Seven 49 times a day I praise you
because of your just regulations.
119:171 May praise flow freely from my lips,
for you teach me your statutes.
119:175 May I 50 live and praise you!
May your regulations help me! 51
124:6 The Lord deserves praise, 52
for 53 he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.
145:3 The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise!
No one can fathom his greatness! 54
145:4 One generation will praise your deeds to another,
and tell about your mighty acts! 55
145:10 All he has made will give thanks to the Lord.
Your loyal followers will praise you.
146:10 The Lord rules forever,
your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come! 56
Praise the Lord!
148:4 Praise him, O highest heaven,
and you waters above the sky! 57
148:7 Praise the Lord from the earth,
you sea creatures and all you ocean depths,
149:6 May they praise God
while they hold a two-edged sword in their hand, 58
1 tn Heb “bless,” that is, “proclaim as worthy of praise.”
2 tn Or “because.”
3 tn Or “counsels, advises.”
4 tn Heb “yes, [during] nights my kidneys instruct [or “correct”] me.” The “kidneys” are viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s moral character (see Ps 26:2). In the quiet darkness the
5 tn Heb “in your strength,” but English idiom does not require the pronoun.
sn The psalm concludes with a petition to the Lord, asking him to continue to intervene in strength for the king and nation.
6 tn Heb “sing praise.”
7 tn Heb “my foot stands in a level place.”
8 tn Heb “blessed [be] the
9 sn He has heard my plea for mercy. The psalmist’s mood abruptly changes at this point, because the Lord responded positively to his petition and assured him that he would deliver him.
10 tn Or “exalt.”
11 tn Heb “and my tongue will proclaim your justice.”
12 tn Heb “all the day your praise.” The verb “proclaim” is understood by ellipsis in the second line (see the previous line).
13 tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21.
14 tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.” See 1 Chr 16:36; Neh 9:5; Pss 90:2; 106:48.
15 tn Heb “surely and surely” (אָמֵן וְאָמֵן [’amen vÿ’amen], i.e., “amen and amen”). This is probably a congregational response to the immediately preceding statement about the propriety of praising God.
16 tn Heb “I will cause your name to be remembered in every generation and generation.” The cohortative verbal form expresses the poet’s resolve. The king’s “name” stands here for his reputation and character, which the poet praised in vv. 2-7.
17 sn The nations will praise you. As God’s vice-regent on earth, the king is deserving of such honor and praise.
18 tn Heb “open my lips.” The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.
19 tn Heb “and my mouth will declare your praise.”
20 tn Or perhaps “confident”; Heb “my heart is steadfast.” The “heart” is viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s volition and/or emotions.
21 tn This line is understood as giving the basis for the praise promised in the following line. Another option is to take the Hebrew particle כִּי (ki) as asseverative/emphasizing, “Indeed, your loyal love is better” (cf. NEB, which leaves the particle untranslated).
22 tn The word “experiencing” is supplied in the translation for clarification. The psalmist does not speak here of divine loyal love in some abstract sense, but of loyal love revealed and experienced.
23 sn Psalm 66. The psalmist praises God because he has delivered his people from a crisis.
24 tn Heb “blessed [be] God.”
25 tn Or “who.” In a blessing formula after בָּרוּךְ (barukh, “blessed be”) the form אֲשֶׁר (’asher), whether taken as a relative pronoun or causal particle, introduces the basis for the blessing/praise.
26 tn Heb “did not turn aside my prayer and his loyal love with me.”
27 tn Heb “from the fountain of Israel,” which makes little, if any, sense here. The translation assumes an emendation to בְּמִקְרָאֵי (bÿmiqra’ey, “in the assemblies of [Israel]”).
28 tn Heb “my mouth is filled [with] your praise, all the day [with] your splendor.”
29 tn Heb “and I add to all your praise.”
30 tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21; 41:13.
31 tn Heb “[the] one who does amazing things by himself.”
32 tn The Hebrew noun is an abstract plural. The word often refers metonymically to the happiness that God-given security and prosperity produce (see v. 12 and Pss 1:1; 2:12; 34:9; 41:1; 65:4; 89:15; 106:3; 112:1; 127:5; 128:1; 144:15).
33 tn Heb “announce from day to day his deliverance.”
34 tn The pronoun refers to the
35 tn Or “exalt.”
36 tn Or “bow down.”
37 tn Heb “his praise.”
38 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
39 tn Or “his benefits” (see 2 Chr 32:25, where the noun is also used of kind deeds performed by the
40 tn Heb “guard.”
41 tn Heb “I will thank the
42 tn Heb “many.”
43 tn Heb “from the rising of the sun to its setting.” The extent is not temporal (“from sunrise to sunset”) but spatial (“from the place where the sun rises [the east] to the place where it sets [the west].” In the phenomenological language of OT cosmology, the sun was described as rising in the east and setting in the west.
44 tn Heb “of the house.”
45 tn Heb “sons.”
46 sn Psalm 117. The psalmist tells the nations to praise the Lord for his loyal love and faithfulness.
47 tn Or “peoples” (see Ps 108:3).
48 tn Heb “of my mouth.”
49 tn The number “seven” is use rhetorically to suggest thoroughness.
50 tn Heb “my life.”
51 tn God’s regulations will “help” the psalmist by giving him moral and ethical guidance.
52 tn Heb “blessed [be] the
53 tn Heb “[the one] who.”
54 tn Heb “and concerning his greatness there is no searching.”
55 tn The prefixed verbal forms in v. 4 are understood as imperfects, indicating how the psalmist expects his audience to respond to his praise. Another option is to take the forms as jussives, indicating the psalmist’s wish, “may one generation praise…and tell about.”
56 tn Heb “for a generation and a generation.”
57 sn The “water” mentioned here corresponds to the “waters above” mentioned in Gen 1:7. See also Ps 104:3. For a discussion of the picture envisioned by the psalmist, see L. I. J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World, 47.
58 tn Heb “[May] praises of God [be] in their throat, and a two-edged sword in their hand.”