22:31 They will come and tell about his saving deeds; 1
they will tell a future generation what he has accomplished. 2
52:2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; 3
it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. 4
72:18 The Lord God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! 5
He alone accomplishes amazing things! 6
77:14 You are the God who does amazing things;
you have revealed your strength among the nations.
78:12 He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors,
in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. 7
83:9 Do to them as you did to Midian 8 –
as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River! 9
96:5 For all the gods of the nations are worthless, 10
but the Lord made the sky.
103:10 He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; 11
he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve. 12
105:5 Recall the miraculous deeds he performed,
his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, 13
106:3 How blessed are those who promote justice,
and do what is right all the time!
118:16 the Lord’s right hand gives victory, 14
the Lord’s right hand conquers.
118:24 This is the day the Lord has brought about. 15
We will be happy and rejoice in it.
148:8 O fire and hail, snow and clouds, 16
O stormy wind that carries out his orders, 17
1 tn Heb “his righteousness.” Here the noun צִדָקָה (tsidaqah) refers to the Lord’s saving deeds whereby he vindicates the oppressed.
2 tn Heb “to a people [to be] born that he has acted.” The words “they will tell” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Heb “destruction your tongue devises.”
4 tn Heb “like a sharpened razor, doer of deceit.” The masculine participle עָשָׂה (’asah) is understood as a substantival vocative, addressed to the powerful man.
5 tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21; 41:13.
6 tn Heb “[the] one who does amazing things by himself.”
7 sn The region of Zoan was located in the Egyptian delta, where the enslaved Israelites lived (see Num 13:22; Isa 19:11, 13; 30:4; Ezek 30:14).
9 tn Heb “do to them like Midian.”
10 sn The psalmist alludes here to Gideon’s victory over the Midianites (see Judg 7-8) and to Barak’s victory over Jabin’s army, which was led by his general Sisera (Judg 4-5).
11 tn The Hebrew term אֱלִילִים (’elilim, “worthless”) sounds like אֱלֹהִים (’elohim, “gods”). The sound play draws attention to the statement.
13 tn Heb “not according to our sins does he do to us.”
14 tn Heb “and not according to our misdeeds does he repay us.”
15 tn Heb “and the judgments of his mouth.”
17 tn Heb “exalts.”
19 tn Heb “this is the day the
21 tn In Ps 119:83 the noun refers to “smoke,” but here, where the elements of nature are addressed, the clouds, which resemble smoke, are probably in view.
22 tn Heb “[that] does his word.”