Discovery BoxPsalms 22:23 
Context22:23 You loyal followers of the Lord, 1 praise him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
All you descendants of Israel, stand in awe of him! 2
Psalms 59:5
Context59:5 You, O Lord God, the invincible warrior, 3 the God of Israel,
rouse yourself and punish 4 all the nations!
Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah)
Psalms 68:8
Context68:8 the earth shakes,
yes, the heavens pour down rain
before God, the God of Sinai, 5
before God, the God of Israel. 6
Psalms 76:1
ContextFor the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of Asaph, a song.
76:1 God has revealed himself in Judah; 8
in Israel his reputation 9 is great.
Psalms 78:5
Context78:5 He established a rule 10 in Jacob;
he set up a law in Israel.
He commanded our ancestors
to make his deeds known to their descendants, 11
Psalms 78:21
Context78:21 When 12 the Lord heard this, he was furious.
A fire broke out against Jacob,
and his anger flared up 13 against Israel,
Psalms 78:31
Context78:31 when the anger of God flared up against them.
He killed some of the strongest of them;
he brought the young men of Israel to their knees.
Psalms 78:55
Context78:55 He drove the nations out from before them;
he assigned them their tribal allotments 14
and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down. 15
Psalms 78:71
Context78:71 He took him away from following the mother sheep, 16
and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people,
and of Israel, his chosen nation. 17
Psalms 83:4
Context83:4 They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! 18
Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”
Psalms 98:3
Context98:3 He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel. 19
All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us. 20
Psalms 106:48
Context106:48 The Lord God of Israel deserves praise, 21
in the future and forevermore. 22
Let all the people say, “We agree! 23 Praise the Lord!” 24
Psalms 115:12
Context115:12 The Lord takes notice of us, 25 he will bless 26 –
he will bless the family 27 of Israel,
he will bless the family of Aaron.
Psalms 122:4
Context122:4 The tribes go up 28 there, 29
the tribes of the Lord,
where it is required that Israel
give thanks to the name of the Lord. 30
Psalms 125:5
Context125:5 As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, 31
may the Lord remove them, 32 along with those who behave wickedly! 33
May Israel experience peace! 34
1 tn Heb “[you] fearers of the
2 tn Heb “fear him.”
3 tn Heb “
4 tn Heb “wake up to punish” (see Pss 35:23; 44:23).
5 tn Heb “this one of Sinai.” The phrase is a divine title, perhaps indicating that the
6 sn The language of vv. 7-8 is reminiscent of Judg 5:4-5, which tells how the God of Sinai came in the storm and annihilated the Canaanite forces led by Sisera. The presence of allusion does not mean, however, that this is a purely historical reference. The psalmist is describing God’s typical appearance as a warrior in terms of his prior self-revelation as ancient events are reactualized in the psalmist’s experience. (For a similar literary technique, see Hab 3.)
7 sn Psalm 76. The psalmist depicts God as a mighty warrior who destroys Israel’s enemies.
8 tn Or “God is known in Judah.”
9 tn Heb “name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.
10 tn The Hebrew noun עֵדוּת (’edut) refers here to God’s command that the older generation teach their children about God’s mighty deeds in the nation’s history (see Exod 10:2; Deut 4:9; 6:20-25).
11 tn Heb “which he commanded our fathers to make them known to their sons.” The plural suffix “them” probably refers back to the
12 tn Heb “therefore.”
13 tn Heb “and also anger went up.”
14 tn Heb “he caused to fall [to] them with a measuring line an inheritance.”
15 tn Heb “and caused the tribes of Israel to settle down in their tents.”
16 tn Heb “from after the ewes he brought him.”
17 tn Heb “to shepherd Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.”
18 tn Heb “we will cause them to disappear from [being] a nation.”
19 tn Heb “he remembers his loyal love and his faithfulness to the house of Israel.”
20 tn Heb “the deliverance of our God,” with “God” being a subjective genitive (= God delivers).
21 tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21.
22 tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.”
23 tn Heb “surely” (אָמֵן, ’amen), traditionally transliterated “amen.”
24 sn The final verse (v. 48) is a conclusion to this fourth “book” (or major editorial division) of the Psalter. Similar statements appear at or near the end of each of the first, second and third “books” of the Psalter (see Pss 41:13; 72:18-19; 89:52, respectively).
25 tn Or “remembers us.”
26 tn Another option is to translate the prefixed form of the verb “bless” in vv. 12-13 as a jussive, “may he bless” (see v. 14).
27 tn Heb “house.”
28 tn Or “went up.”
29 tn Heb “which is where the tribes go up.”
30 tn Heb “[it is] a statute for Israel to give thanks to the name of the
31 tn Heb “and the ones making their paths twisted.” A sinful lifestyle is compared to a twisting, winding road.
32 tn Heb “lead them away.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive of prayer here (note the prayers directly before and after this). Another option is to translate, “the
33 tn Heb “the workers of wickedness.”
34 tn Heb “peace [be] upon Israel.” The statement is understood as a prayer (see Ps 122:8 for a similar prayer for peace).
