Psalms 34:2

34:2 I will boast ¹  in the Lord;

let the oppressed hear and rejoice! ² 

Psalms 44:1

Psalm 44 ³ 

For the music director; by the Korahites, a well-written song. ⁴ 

44:1 O God, we have clearly heard; ⁵ 

our ancestors ⁶  have told us

what you did ⁷  in their days,

in ancient times. ⁸ 

Psalms 77:14-15

77:14 You are the God who does amazing things;

you have revealed your strength among the nations.

77:15 You delivered ⁹  your people by your strength ¹⁰  –

the children of Jacob and Joseph. (Selah)

Psalms 78:4

78:4 we will not hide from their ¹¹  descendants.

We will tell the next generation

about the Lord’s praiseworthy acts, ¹² 

about his strength and the amazing things he has done.

Psalms 105:5

105:5 Recall the miraculous deeds he performed,

his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, ¹³ 

Psalms 105:43

105:43 When he led his people out, they rejoiced;

his chosen ones shouted with joy. ¹⁴ 

Psalms 106:2

106:2 Who can adequately recount the Lord’s mighty acts,

or relate all his praiseworthy deeds? ¹⁵ 

Psalms 106:8

106:8 Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, ¹⁶ 

that he might reveal his power.

Jeremiah 33:9

33:9 All the nations will hear about all the good things which I will do to them. This city will bring me fame, honor, and praise before them for the joy that I bring it. The nations will tremble in awe at all the peace and prosperity that I will provide for it.’ ¹⁷ 

Zechariah 8:23

8:23 The Lord who rules over all says, ‘In those days ten people from all languages and nations will grasp hold of – indeed, grab – the robe of one Jew and say, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”’” ¹⁸ 

Galatians 1:23-24

1:23 They were only hearing, “The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news ¹⁹  of the faith he once tried to destroy.” 1:24 So ²⁰  they glorified God because of me. ²¹ 

[34:2]  ¹ tn Heb “my soul will boast”; or better, “let my soul boast.” Following the cohortative form in v. 1, it is likely that the prefixed verbal form here is jussive.

[34:2]  ² tn The two prefixed verbal forms in this verse are best taken as jussives, for the psalmist is calling his audience to worship (see v. 3).

[44:1]  ³ sn Psalm 44. The speakers in this psalm (the worshiping community within the nation Israel) were disappointed with God. The psalm begins on a positive note, praising God for leading Israel to past military victories. Verses 1-8 appear to be a song of confidence and petition which the people recited prior to battle. But suddenly the mood changes as the nation laments a recent defeat. The stark contrast between the present and the past only heightens the nation’s confusion. Israel trusted in God for victory, but the Lord rejected them and allowed them to be humiliated in battle. If Israel had been unfaithful to God, their defeat would make sense, but the nation was loyal to the Lord. Comparing the Lord to a careless shepherd, the nation urges God to wake up and to extend his compassion to his suffering people.

[44:1]  ⁴ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term מַשְׂכִּיל (maskil) is uncertain. See the note on the phrase “well-written song” in the superscription of Ps 42.

[44:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “with our ears we have heard.”

[44:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 2; the same Hebrew word may be translated either “fathers” or “ancestors” depending on the context.

[44:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “the work you worked.”

[44:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “in the days of old.” This refers specifically to the days of Joshua, during Israel’s conquest of the land, as vv. 2-3 indicate.

[77:15]  ⁹ tn Or “redeemed.”

[77:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “with [your] arm.”

[78:4]  ¹¹ tn The pronominal suffix refers back to the “fathers” (“our ancestors,” v. 3).

[78:4]  ¹² tn Heb “to a following generation telling the praises of the Lord.” “Praises” stand by metonymy for the mighty acts that prompt worship. Cf. Ps 9:14.

[105:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “and the judgments of his mouth.”

[105:43]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and he led his people out with joy, with a ringing cry, his chosen ones.”

[106:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “[or] cause to be heard all his praise.”

[106:8]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “his name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

[33:9]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “And it [the city] will be to me for a name for joy and for praise and for honor before all the nations of the earth which will hear of all the good things which I will do for them and which will be in awe and tremble for all the good things and all the peace [or prosperity] which I will do for them.” The long complex Hebrew sentence has been broken down to better conform with contemporary English style.

[8:23]  ¹⁸ sn This scene of universal and overwhelming attraction of the nations to Israel’s God finds initial fulfillment in the establishment of the church (Acts 2:5-11) but ultimate completion in the messianic age (Isa 45:14, 24; 60:14; Zech 14:16-21).

[1:23]  ¹⁹ tn The Greek verb here is εὐαγγελίζεται (euangelizetai).

[1:24]  ²⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of the report about Paul’s conversion.

[1:24]  ²¹ tn The prepositional phrase ἐν εμοί (en emoi) has been translated with a causal force.