72:18 The Lord God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! 1
He alone accomplishes amazing things! 2
77:14 You are the God who does amazing things;
you have revealed your strength among the nations.
78:11 They forgot what he had done, 3
the amazing things he had shown them.
78:32 Despite all this, they continued to sin,
and did not trust him to do amazing things. 4
86:10 For you are great and do amazing things.
You alone are God.
87:3 People say wonderful things about you, 5
O city of God. (Selah)
109:2 For they say cruel and deceptive things to me;
they lie to me. 6
109:3 They surround me and say hateful things; 7
they attack me for no reason.
109:20 May the Lord repay my accusers in this way, 8
those who say evil things about 9 me! 10
111:4 He does 11 amazing things that will be remembered; 12
the Lord is merciful and compassionate.
119:18 Open 13 my eyes so I can truly see 14
the marvelous things in your law!
119:91 Today they stand firm by your decrees,
for all things are your servants.
126:3 The Lord did indeed accomplish great things for us.
We were happy.
136:25 to the one who gives food to all living things, 15
for his loyal love endures.
148:10 you animals and all you cattle,
you creeping things and birds,
1 tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21; 41:13.
2 tn Heb “[the] one who does amazing things by himself.”
3 tn Heb “his deeds.”
4 tn Heb “and did not believe in his amazing deeds.”
5 tn Heb “glorious things are spoken about you.” The translation assumes this is a general reference to compliments paid to Zion by those who live within her walls and by those who live in the surrounding areas and lands. Another option is that this refers to a prophetic oracle about the city’s glorious future. In this case one could translate, “wonderful things are announced concerning you.”
6 tn Heb “for a mouth of evil and a mouth of deceit against me they open, they speak with me [with] a tongue of falsehood.”
7 tn Heb “and [with] words of hatred they surround me.”
8 tn Heb “[may] this [be] the repayment to my accusers from the
9 tn Or “against.”
10 tn The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being; soul”) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).
11 tn Or “did,” if this refers primarily to the events of the exodus and conquest period (see vv. 6, 9).
12 tn Heb “a memorial he had made for his amazing deeds.”
13 tn Heb “uncover.” The verb form גַּל (gal) is an apocopated Piel imperative from גָּלָה (galah, see GKC 214 §75.cc).
14 tn The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
15 tn Heb “to all flesh,” which can refer to all people (see Pss 65:2; 145:21) or more broadly to mankind and animals. Elsewhere the psalms view God as the provider for all living things (see Pss 104:27-28; 145:15).