For the music director; according to the alumoth-labben style; 2 a psalm of David.
9:1 I will thank the Lord with all my heart!
I will tell about all your amazing deeds! 3
71:18 Even when I am old and gray, 4
O God, do not abandon me,
until I tell the next generation about your strength,
and those coming after me about your power. 5
74:9 We do not see any signs of God’s presence; 6
there are no longer any prophets 7
and we have no one to tell us how long this will last. 8
For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; 10 a psalm of Asaph; a song.
75:1 We give thanks to you, O God! We give thanks!
You reveal your presence; 11
people tell about your amazing deeds.
78:4 we will not hide from their 12 descendants.
We will tell the next generation
about the Lord’s praiseworthy acts, 13
about his strength and the amazing things he has done.
1 sn Psalm 9. The psalmist, probably speaking on behalf of Israel or Judah, praises God for delivering him from hostile nations. He celebrates God’s sovereignty and justice, and calls on others to join him in boasting of God’s greatness. Many Hebrew
2 tc The meaning of the Hebrew term עַלְמוּת (’almut) is uncertain. Some
3 tn The cohortative forms in vv. 1-2 express the psalmist’s resolve to praise God publicly.
4 tn Heb “and even unto old age and gray hair.”
5 tn Heb “until I declare your arm to a generation, to everyone who comes your power.” God’s “arm” here is an anthropomorphism that symbolizes his great strength.
6 tn Heb “our signs we do not see.” Because of the reference to a prophet in the next line, it is likely that the “signs” in view here include the evidence of God’s presence as typically revealed through the prophets. These could include miraculous acts performed by the prophets (see, for example, Isa 38:7-8) or object lessons which they acted out (see, for example, Isa 20:3).
7 tn Heb “there is not still a prophet.”
8 tn Heb “and [there is] not with us one who knows how long.”
9 sn Psalm 75. The psalmist celebrates God’s just rule, which guarantees that the godly will be vindicated and the wicked destroyed.
10 tn Heb “do not destroy.” Perhaps this refers to a particular style of music, a tune title, or a musical instrument. These words also appear in the superscription to Pss 57-59.
11 tn Heb “and near [is] your name.”
12 tn The pronominal suffix refers back to the “fathers” (“our ancestors,” v. 3).
13 tn Heb “to a following generation telling the praises of the