Psalms 107:32

107:32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people!

Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside! 1 

Psalms 111:1

Psalm 111 2 

111:1 Praise the Lord!

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,

in the assembly of the godly and the congregation.

Psalms 135:19-21

135:19 O family 3  of Israel, praise the Lord!

O family of Aaron, praise the Lord!

135:20 O family of Levi, praise the Lord!

You loyal followers 4  of the Lord, praise the Lord!

135:21 The Lord deserves praise in Zion 5  –

he who dwells in Jerusalem. 6 

Praise the Lord!

Psalms 135:1

Psalm 135 7 

135:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise the name of the Lord!

Offer praise, you servants of the Lord,

Psalms 16:7-8

16:7 I will praise 8  the Lord who 9  guides 10  me;

yes, during the night I reflect and learn. 11 

16:8 I constantly trust in the Lord; 12 

because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended.

1 tn Heb “in the seat of the elders.”

2 sn Psalm 111. The psalmist praises God for his marvelous deeds, especially the way in which he provides for and delivers his people. The psalm is an acrostic. After the introductory call to praise, every poetic line (twenty-two in all) begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

3 tn Heb “house” (here and in the next two lines).

4 tn Heb “fearers.”

5 tn Heb “praised be the Lord from Zion.”

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7 sn Psalm 135. The psalmist urges God’s people to praise him because he is the incomparable God and ruler of the world who has accomplished great things for Israel.

8 tn Heb “bless,” that is, “proclaim as worthy of praise.”

9 tn Or “because.”

10 tn Or “counsels, advises.”

11 tn Heb “yes, [during] nights my kidneys instruct [or “correct”] me.” The “kidneys” are viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s moral character (see Ps 26:2). In the quiet darkness the Lord speaks to his inner being, as it were, and enables him to grow in moral understanding.

12 tn Heb “I set the Lord before me continually.” This may mean that the psalmist is aware of the Lord’s presence and sensitive to his moral guidance (see v. 7), or that he trusts in the Lord’s protection (see the following line).