Psalms 115:9-11

115:9 O Israel, trust in the Lord!

He is their deliverer ¹  and protector. ² 

115:10 O family ³  of Aaron, trust in the Lord!

He is their deliverer ⁴  and protector. ⁵ 

115:11 You loyal followers of the Lord, ⁶  trust in the Lord!

He is their deliverer ⁷  and protector. ⁸ 

Psalms 118:1-4

Psalm 118 ⁹ 

118:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good

and his loyal love endures! ¹⁰ 

118:2 Let Israel say,

“Yes, his loyal love endures!”

118:3 Let the family ¹¹  of Aaron say,

“Yes, his loyal love endures!”

118:4 Let the loyal followers of the Lord ¹²  say,

“Yes, his loyal love endures!”

Psalms 145:10

145:10 All he has made will give thanks to the Lord.

Your loyal followers will praise you.

Psalms 147:19-20

147:19 He proclaims his word to Jacob,

his statutes and regulations to Israel.

147:20 He has not done so with any other nation;

they are not aware of his regulations.

Praise the Lord!

Psalms 148:14

148:14 He has made his people victorious, ¹³ 

and given all his loyal followers reason to praise –

the Israelites, the people who are close to him. ¹⁴ 

Praise the Lord!

Revelation 19:5

19:5 Then ¹⁵  a voice came from the throne, saying:

“Praise our God

all you his servants,

and all you who fear Him,

both the small and the great!”

[115:9]  ¹ tn Or “[source of] help.”

[115:9]  ² tn Heb “and their shield.”

[115:10]  ³ tn Heb “house.”

[115:10]  ⁴ tn Or “[source of] help.”

[115:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “and their shield.”

[115:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “[you] fearers of the Lord.” See Ps 15:4.

[115:11]  ⁷ tn Or “[source of] help.”

[115:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “and their shield.”

[118:1]  ⁹ sn Psalm 118. The psalmist thanks God for his deliverance and urges others to join him in praise.

[118:1]  ¹⁰ tn Or “is forever.”

[118:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “house.”

[118:4]  ¹² tn Heb “fearers of the Lord.” See Ps 15:4.

[148:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he lifted up a horn for his people.” The horn of an ox underlies the metaphor (see Deut 33:17; 1 Kgs 22:11; Ps 92:10). The horn of the wild ox is frequently a metaphor for military strength; the idiom “exalt/lift up the horn” signifies military victory (see 1 Sam 2:10; Pss 75:10; 89:17, 24; 92:10; Lam 2:17). Another option is to take the “horn” as a symbol for the Davidic king, through whom the Lord gives his people military victory.

[148:14]  ¹⁴ tn “[there is] praise for all his loyal followers, to the sons of Israel, the people near him.” Here “praise” stands by metonymy for the victory that prompts it.

[19:5]  ¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.