111:3 His work is majestic and glorious, 5
and his faithfulness endures 6 forever.
111:6 He announced that he would do mighty deeds for his people,
giving them a land that belonged to other nations. 7
1 tn The words “and sovereign” are added in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “head.”
3 tn Heb “wealth and honor [are] from before you.”
4 tn Heb “and in your hand [is] strength and might and in your hand to magnify and to give strength to all.”
5 tn For other uses of the Hebrew phrase וְהָדָר-הוֹד (hod-vÿhadar, “majesty and splendor”) see 1 Chr 16:27; Job 40:10; Pss 21:5; 96:6; 104:1.
6 tn Or “stands.”
7 tn Heb “the strength of his deeds he proclaimed to his people, to give to them an inheritance of nations.”