24:8 Who is this majestic king? 1
The Lord who is strong and mighty!
The Lord who is mighty in battle!
29:8 The Lord’s shout shakes 2 the wilderness,
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. 3
30:8 To you, O Lord, I cried out;
I begged the Lord for mercy: 4
96:1 Sing to the Lord a new song! 6
Sing to the Lord, all the earth!
115:18 But we will praise the Lord
now and forevermore.
Praise the Lord!
146:1 Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
150:6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
1 sn Who is this majestic king? Perhaps the personified gates/doors ask this question, in response to the command given in v. 7.
2 tn The Hebrew imperfect verbal forms are descriptive in function; the psalmist depicts the action as underway.
3 sn Kadesh. The references to Lebanon and Sirion in v. 6 suggest this is a reference to the northern Kadesh, located north of Damascus, not the southern Kadesh mentioned so often in the OT. See M. Dahood, Psalms (AB), 1:178.
4 tn The prefixed verbal forms in v. 8 are probably preterites; the psalmist recalls that he prayed in his time of crisis.
5 sn Psalm 96. The psalmist summons everyone to praise the Lord, the sovereign creator of the world who preserves and promotes justice in the earth.
6 sn A new song is appropriate because the
7 sn Psalm 146. The psalmist urges his audience not to trust in men, but in the