Psalms 66:20

66:20 God deserves praise,

for he did not reject my prayer

or abandon his love for me!

Psalms 72:18

72:18 The Lord God, the God of Israel, deserves praise!

He alone accomplishes amazing things!

Psalms 118:26

118:26 May the one who comes in the name of the Lord be blessed!

We will pronounce blessings on you in the Lord’s temple.

Psalms 135:21

135:21 The Lord deserves praise in Zion

he who dwells in Jerusalem. 10 

Praise the Lord!


tn Heb “blessed [be] God.”

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.

tn Heb “did not turn aside my prayer and his loyal love with me.”

tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21; 41:13.

tn Heb “[the] one who does amazing things by himself.”

sn The people refer here to the psalmist, who enters the Lord’s temple to thank him publicly (see vv. 19-21), as the one who comes in the name of the Lord.

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.

tn Heb “from the house of the Lord.”

10 tn Heb “praised be the Lord from Zion.”

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