Psalms 26:7

26:7 to give you thanks, ¹ 

and to tell about all your amazing deeds. ² 

Psalms 27:7

27:7 Hear me, ³  O Lord, when I cry out!

Have mercy on me and answer me!

Psalms 28:6

28:6 The Lord deserves praise, ⁴ 

for he has heard my plea for mercy! ⁵ 

Psalms 29:7

29:7 The Lord’s shout strikes ⁶  with flaming fire. ⁷ 

Psalms 66:8

66:8 Praise ⁸  our God, you nations!

Loudly proclaim his praise! ⁹ 

Psalms 66:19

66:19 However, God heard;

he listened to my prayer.

Psalms 86:6

86:6 O Lord, hear my prayer!

Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

Psalms 98:5

98:5 Sing to the Lord accompanied by a harp,

accompanied by a harp and the sound of music!

Psalms 102:5

102:5 Because of the anxiety that makes me groan,

my bones protrude from my skin. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 106:25

106:25 They grumbled in their tents; ¹¹ 

they did not obey ¹²  the Lord.

Psalms 119:149

119:149 Listen to me ¹³  because of ¹⁴  your loyal love!

O Lord, revive me, as you typically do! ¹⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “to cause to be heard the sound of thanksgiving.”

² tn The two infinitival forms (both with prefixed preposition -לְ, lamed) give the purpose for his appearance at the altar.

³ tn Heb “my voice.”

⁵ tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord.”

⁶ sn He has heard my plea for mercy. The psalmist’s mood abruptly changes at this point, because the Lord responded positively to his petition and assured him that he would deliver him.

⁷ tn The verb normally means “to hew [stone or wood],” or “to hew out.” In Hos 6:5 it seems to mean “cut in pieces,” “knock down,” or perhaps “hack” (see F. I. Andersen and D. N. Freedman, Hosea [AB], 428). The Ugaritic cognate can mean “assault.” In v. 7 the verb seems to have a similar meaning, perhaps “attack, strike.” The phrase “flames of fire” is an adverbial accusative; the Lord’s shout is accompanied by “flames of fire,” that is, lightning bolts.

⁸ sn The Lord’s shout strikes with flaming fire. The short line has invited textual emendation, but its distinct, brief form may highlight the statement, which serves as the axis of a chiastic structure encompassing vv. 5-9: (A) the Lord’s shout destroys the forest (v. 5); (B) the Lord’s shout shakes the terrain (v. 6); (C) the Lord’s shout is accompanied by destructive lightning (v. 7); (B´) the Lord’s shout shakes the terrain (v. 8); (A´) the Lord’s shout destroys the forest (v. 9).

⁹ tn Heb “bless,” in the sense of declaring “God to be the source of…special power” (see HALOT 160 s.v. II ברך pi).

¹⁰ tn Heb “cause the voice of his praise to be heard.”

¹¹ tn Heb “from the sound of my groaning my bone[s] stick to my flesh.” The preposition at the beginning of the verse is causal; the phrase “sound of my groaning” is metonymic for the anxiety that causes the groaning. The point seems to be this: Anxiety (which causes the psalmist to groan) keeps him from eating (v. 4). This physical deprivation in turn makes him emaciated – he is turned to “skin and bones,” so to speak.

¹³ sn They grumbled in their tents. See Deut 1:27.

¹⁴ tn Heb “did not listen to the voice of.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “my voice.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “according to.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “according to your custom.”