Psalms 31:13

31:13 For I hear what so many are saying, 1 

the terrifying news that comes from every direction. 2 

When they plot together against me,

they figure out how they can take my life.

Psalms 40:3

40:3 He gave me reason to sing a new song, 3 

praising our God. 4 

May many see what God has done,

so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the Lord! 5 

Psalms 104:24

104:24 How many living things you have made, O Lord! 6 

You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; 7 

the earth is full of the living things you have made.

Psalms 106:7

106:7 Our ancestors in Egypt failed to appreciate your miraculous deeds,

they failed to remember your many acts of loyal love,

and they rebelled at the sea, by the Red Sea. 8 

1 tn Heb “the report of many.”

2 tn Heb “the terror from all around.”

3 sn A new song was appropriate because the Lord had intervened in the psalmist’s experience in a fresh and exciting way.

4 tn Heb “and he placed in my mouth a new song, praise to our God.”

5 tn Heb “may many see and fear and trust in the Lord.” The translation assumes that the initial prefixed verbal form is a jussive (“may many see”), rather than an imperfect (“many will see”). The following prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) conjunctive are taken as indicating purpose or result (“so that they might swear allegiance…and trust”) after the introductory jussive.

6 tn Heb “How many [are] your works, O Lord.” In this case the Lord’s “works” are the creatures he has made, as the preceding and following contexts make clear.

7 tn Heb “all of them with wisdom you have made.”

8 tn Heb “Reed Sea” (also in vv. 9, 22). “Reed Sea” (or “Sea of Reeds”) is a more accurate rendering of the Hebrew expression יָם סוּף (yam suf), traditionally translated “Red Sea.” See the note on the term “Red Sea” in Exod 13:18.

sn They rebelled. The psalmist recalls the people’s complaint recorded in Exod 14:12.