34:3 Magnify the Lord with me!
Let’s praise 1 his name together!
66:8 Praise 2 our God, you nations!
Loudly proclaim his praise! 3
107:8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,
and for the amazing things he has done for people! 4
107:15 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,
and for the amazing things he has done for people! 5
107:21 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,
and for the amazing things he has done for people! 6
117:1 Praise the Lord, all you nations!
Applaud him, all you foreigners! 8
118:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good
and his loyal love endures! 10
136:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loyal love endures. 12
136:2 Give thanks to the God of gods,
for his loyal love endures.
136:3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords,
for his loyal love endures,
148:11 you kings of the earth and all you nations,
you princes and all you leaders 13 on the earth,
148:12 you young men and young women,
you elderly, along with you children!
148:13 Let them praise the name of the Lord,
for his name alone is exalted;
his majesty extends over the earth and sky.
150:6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
1 tn Or “exalt.”
2 tn Heb “bless,” in the sense of declaring “God to be the source of…special power” (see HALOT 160 s.v. II ברך pi).
3 tn Heb “cause the voice of his praise to be heard.”
4 tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.”
5 tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.” See v. 8.
6 tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.” See v. 8.
7 sn Psalm 117. The psalmist tells the nations to praise the Lord for his loyal love and faithfulness.
8 tn Or “peoples” (see Ps 108:3).
9 sn Psalm 118. The psalmist thanks God for his deliverance and urges others to join him in praise.
10 tn Or “is forever.”
11 sn Psalm 136. In this hymn the psalmist affirms that God is praiseworthy because of his enduring loyal love, sovereign authority, and compassion. Each verse of the psalm concludes with the refrain “for his loyal love endures.”
12 tn Or “is forever.”
13 tn Or “judges.”