66:20 God deserves praise, 1
for 2 he did not reject my prayer
or abandon his love for me! 3
72:18 The Lord God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! 4
He alone accomplishes amazing things! 5
118:26 May the one who comes in the name of the Lord 6 be blessed!
We will pronounce blessings on you 7 in the Lord’s temple. 8
135:21 The Lord deserves praise in Zion 9 –
he who dwells in Jerusalem. 10
Praise the Lord!
1 tn Heb “blessed [be] God.”
2 tn Or “who.” In a blessing formula after בָּרוּךְ (barukh, “blessed be”) the form אֲשֶׁר (’asher), whether taken as a relative pronoun or causal particle, introduces the basis for the blessing/praise.
3 tn Heb “did not turn aside my prayer and his loyal love with me.”
4 tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21; 41:13.
5 tn Heb “[the] one who does amazing things by himself.”
7 sn The people refer here to the psalmist, who enters the
8 tn The pronominal suffix is second masculine plural, but the final mem (ם) is probably dittographic (note the mem [מ] at the beginning of the following form) or enclitic, in which case the suffix may be taken as second masculine singular, referring to the psalmist.
9 tn Heb “from the house of the
10 tn Heb “praised be the
11 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.