18:46 The Lord is alive! 1
My protector 2 is praiseworthy! 3
The God who delivers me 4 is exalted as king! 5
9:14 Then I will 6 tell about all your praiseworthy acts; 7
in the gates of Daughter Zion 8 I will rejoice because of your deliverance.” 9
79:13 Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture,
will continually thank you. 10
We will tell coming generations of your praiseworthy acts. 11
106:47 Deliver us, O Lord, our God!
Gather us from among the nations!
Then we will give thanks 12 to your holy name,
and boast about your praiseworthy deeds. 13
1 tn Elsewhere the construction חַי־יְהוָה (khay-yÿhvah) is used exclusively as an oath formula, “as surely as the
2 tn Heb “my rocky cliff,” which is a metaphor for protection. See similar phrases in vv. 2, 31.
3 tn Or “blessed [i.e., praised] be.”
4 tn Heb “the God of my deliverance.” 2 Sam 22:48 reads, “the God of the rocky cliff of my deliverance.”
5 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).
6 tn Or “so that I might.”
7 tn Heb “all your praise.” “Praise” stands by metonymy for the mighty acts that prompt it.
8 sn Daughter Zion is an idiomatic title for Jerusalem. It appears frequently in the prophets, but only here in the psalms.
9 tn Heb “in your deliverance.”
10 tn Or (hyperbolically) “will thank you forever.”
11 tn Heb “to a generation and a generation we will report your praise.” Here “praise” stands by metonymy for the mighty acts that prompt worship. Cf. Ps 9:14.
12 tn Heb “to give thanks.” The infinitive construct indicates result after the imperative.
13 tn Heb “to boast in your praise.”