¹ sn Your victory. Here the king is addressed (see v. 1).

² tc The Hebrew verb דָּגַל (dagal) occurs only here in the Qal. If accepted as original, it may carry the nuance “raise a banner,” but it is preferable to emend the form to נגיל (“we will rejoice”) which provides better parallelism with “shout for joy” and fits well with the prepositional phrase “in the name of our God” (see Ps 89:16).

³ tn The cohortative verbal form expresses the psalmist’s resolve/vow to praise.

⁴ sn The psalmist probably refers to himself in the third person here.

⁵ tn Heb “who swears [an oath] by him.”

⁶ tn The Niphal of this verb occurs only here and in Gen 8:2, where it is used of God “stopping” or “damming up” the great deep as he brought the flood to an end.

⁷ tn Heb “we will cause them to disappear from [being] a nation.”

⁸ sn Psalm 92. The psalmist praises God because he defeats the wicked and vindicates his loyal followers.

⁹ tn Or “good.”

¹⁰ tn Traditionally “O Most High.”

¹¹ tn Heb “to give thanks.” The infinitive construct indicates result after the imperative.

¹² tn Heb “to boast in your praise.”

¹³ sn Psalm 115. The psalmist affirms that Israel’s God is superior to pagan idols and urges Israel to place their confidence in him.

¹⁴ tn Or “give glory.”

¹⁵ sn The psalmist asks the Lord to demonstrate his loyal love and faithfulness, not simply so Israel may benefit, but primarily so that the Lord will receive honor among the nations, who will recognize, contrary to their present view (see v. 2), that Israel’s God is committed to his people.

¹⁶ tn Heb “were extinguished.”

¹⁷ tn The point seems to be that the hostility of the nations (v. 10) is short-lived, like a fire that quickly devours thorns and then burns out. Some, attempting to create a better parallel with the preceding line, emend דֹּעֲכוּ (do’akhu, “they were extinguished”) to בָּעֲרוּ (ba’aru, “they burned”). In this case the statement emphasizes their hostility.

¹⁸ sn The people refer here to the psalmist, who enters the Lord’s temple to thank him publicly (see vv. 19-21), as the one who comes in the name of the Lord.

¹⁹ tn The pronominal suffix is second masculine plural, but the final mem (ם) is probably dittographic (note the mem [מ] at the beginning of the following form) or enclitic, in which case the suffix may be taken as second masculine singular, referring to the psalmist.

²⁰ tn Heb “from the house of the Lord.”

²¹ tn Or “went up.”

²² tn Heb “which is where the tribes go up.”

²³ tn Heb “[it is] a statute for Israel to give thanks to the name of the Lord.”

²⁴ tn The perfect verbal form is used for rhetorical effect; it describes an anticipated development as if it were already reality.

²⁵ tn Heb “bring out my life.”

²⁶ tn Or “gather around.”

²⁷ tn The Hebrew idiom גָּמַל עַל (gamal ’al) means “to repay,” here in a positive sense.