95:6 Come! Let’s bow down and worship! 1
Let’s kneel before the Lord, our creator!
100:2 Worship 2 the Lord with joy!
Enter his presence with joyful singing!
For the music director; according to the tune of “Lilies;” 4 by David.
69:1 Deliver me, O God,
for the water has reached my neck. 5
100:4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give him thanks!
Praise his name!
A psalm of Asaph.
79:1 O God, foreigners 7 have invaded your chosen land; 8
they have polluted your holy temple
and turned Jerusalem 9 into a heap of ruins.
1 tn Heb “kneel down.”
2 tn Or “serve.”
3 sn Psalm 69. The psalmist laments his oppressed condition and asks the Lord to deliver him by severely judging his enemies.
4 tn Heb “according to lilies.” See the superscription to Ps 45.
5 tn The Hebrew term נפשׁ (nefesh) here refers to the psalmist’s throat or neck. The psalmist compares himself to a helpless, drowning man.
4 sn Psalm 79. The author laments how the invading nations have destroyed the temple and city of Jerusalem. He asks God to forgive his people and to pour out his vengeance on those who have mistreated them.
5 tn Or “nations.”
6 tn Heb “have come into your inheritance.”
7 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.