34:14 Turn away from evil and do what is right! 1
Strive for peace and promote it! 2
52:3 You love evil more than good,
lies more than speaking the truth. 3 (Selah)
55:11 Disaster is within it;
violence 4 and deceit do not depart from its public square.
72:18 The Lord God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! 5
He alone accomplishes amazing things! 6
118:23 This is the Lord’s work.
We consider it amazing! 7
119:68 You are good and you do good.
Teach me your statutes!
150:2 Praise him for his mighty acts!
Praise him for his surpassing greatness!
1 tn Or “do good.”
2 tn Heb “seek peace and pursue it.”
3 tn Or “deceit more than speaking what is right.”
5 tn Or “injury, harm.”
7 tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21; 41:13.
8 tn Heb “[the] one who does amazing things by himself.”
9 tn Heb “it is amazing in our eyes.” The use of the plural pronoun here and in vv. 24-27 suggests that the psalmist may be speaking for the entire nation. However, it is more likely that vv. 22-27 are the people’s response to the psalmist’s thanksgiving song (see especially v. 26). They rejoice with him because his deliverance on the battlefield (see vv. 10-12) had national repercussions.