Psalms 103:1-2

Psalm 103 ¹ 

By David.

103:1 Praise the Lord, O my soul!

With all that is within me, praise ²  his holy name!

103:2 Praise the Lord, O my soul!

Do not forget all his kind deeds! ³ 

Psalms 107:20-22

107:20 He sent them an assuring word ⁴  and healed them;

he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped. 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 

107:22 Let them present thank offerings,

and loudly proclaim what he has done! ⁷ 

Luke 17:15-18

17:15 Then one of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back, praising ⁸  God with a loud voice. 17:16 He ⁹  fell with his face to the ground ¹⁰  at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. ¹¹  (Now ¹²  he was a Samaritan.) ¹³  17:17 Then ¹⁴  Jesus said, ¹⁵  “Were ¹⁶  not ten cleansed? Where are the other ¹⁷  nine? 17:18 Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?” ¹⁸ 

Luke 18:43

18:43 And immediately he regained ¹⁹  his sight and followed Jesus, ²⁰  praising ²¹  God. When ²²  all the people saw it, they too ²³  gave praise to God.

[103:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 103. The psalmist praises God for his mercy and willingness to forgive his people.

[103:1]  ² tn The verb “praise” is understood by ellipsis in the second line (see the preceding line).

[103:2]  ³ tn Or “his benefits” (see 2 Chr 32:25, where the noun is also used of kind deeds performed by the Lord).

[107:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “he sent his word.” This probably refers to an oracle of assurance which announced his intention to intervene (see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 [WBC], 59).

[107:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “he rescued from their traps.” The Hebrew word שְׁחִית (shekhit, “trap”) occurs only here and in Lam 4:20, where it refers to a trap or pit in which one is captured. Because of the rarity of the term and the absence of an object with the verb “rescued,” some prefer to emend the text of Ps 107:20, reading מִשַׁחַת חַיָּתָם (mishakhat khayyatam, “[he rescued] their lives from the pit”). Note also NIV “from the grave,” which interprets the “pit” as Sheol or the grave.

[107:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.” See v. 8.

[107:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “and let them proclaim his works with a ringing cry.”

[17:15]  ⁸ tn Grk “glorifying God.”

[17:16]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[17:16]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “he fell on his face” (an idiom for complete prostration).

[17:16]  ¹¹ sn And thanked him. This action recognized God’s healing work through Jesus.

[17:16]  ¹² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of a parenthetical comment.

[17:16]  ¹³ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. The comment that the man was a Samaritan means that to most Jews of Jesus’ day he would have been despised as a half-breed and a heretic. The note adds a touch of irony to the account (v. 18).

[17:17]  ¹⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[17:17]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “Jesus answering said”; this is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation.

[17:17]  ¹⁶ tn The Greek construction used here (οὐχί, ouci) expects a positive reply.

[17:17]  ¹⁷ tn The word “other” is implied in the context.

[17:18]  ¹⁸ sn Jesus’ point in calling the man a foreigner is that none of the other nine, who were presumably Israelites, responded with gratitude. Only the “outsiders” were listening and responding.

[18:43]  ¹⁹ tn Or “received” (see the note on the phrase “let me see again” in v. 41).

[18:43]  ²⁰ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:43]  ²¹ sn The presence of God’s work leads again to joy, with both the beggar and the people praising God (1:64; 2:20; 5:25-26; 7:16; 13:13; 17:15; 19:37).

[18:43]  ²² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[18:43]  ²³ tn The word “too” has been supplied for stylistic reasons.