Psalms 150:1

Psalm 150 ¹ 

150:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise God in his sanctuary!

Praise him in the sky, which testifies to his strength! ² 

Psalms 146:1

Psalm 146 ³ 

146:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord, O my soul!

Psalms 148:2

148:2 Praise him, all his angels! ⁴ 

Praise him, all his heavenly assembly! ⁵ 

Psalms 150:2-6

150:2 Praise him for his mighty acts!

Praise him for his surpassing greatness!

150:3 Praise him with the blast of the horn!

Praise him with the lyre and the harp!

150:4 Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing!

Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute!

150:5 Praise him with loud cymbals!

Praise him with clanging cymbals!

150:6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord!

Psalms 113:1

Psalm 113 ⁶ 

113:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise, you servants of the Lord,

praise the name of the Lord!

Psalms 135:1

Psalm 135 ⁷ 

135:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise the name of the Lord!

Offer praise, you servants of the Lord,

Psalms 148:1

Psalm 148 ⁸ 

148:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord from the sky!

Praise him in the heavens!

Psalms 56:10

56:10 In God – I boast in his promise ⁹  –

in the Lord – I boast in his promise ¹⁰  –

Psalms 148:3

148:3 Praise him, O sun and moon!

Praise him, all you shiny stars! ¹¹ 

[150:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 150. The Psalter concludes with a resounding call for praise from everything that has breath.

[150:1]  ² tn Heb “the sky of his strength.”

[146:1]  ³ sn Psalm 146. The psalmist urges his audience not to trust in men, but in the Lord, the just king of the world who cares for the needy.

[148:2]  ⁵ tn Or “heavenly messengers.”

[148:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “all his host.”

[113:1]  ⁷ sn Psalm 113. The psalmist praises God as the sovereign king of the world who reaches down to help the needy.

[135:1]  ⁹ sn Psalm 135. The psalmist urges God’s people to praise him because he is the incomparable God and ruler of the world who has accomplished great things for Israel.

[148:1]  ¹¹ sn Psalm 148. The psalmist calls upon all creation to praise the Lord, for he is the creator and sovereign king of the world.

[56:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “in God I praise a word.” The syntax of the Hebrew text is difficult. The statement is similar to that of v. 4, except that the third person pronominal suffix is omitted here, where the text has simply “a word” instead of “his word.” (1) One could translate, “in God I will boast [with] a word.” In this case, the “word” refers to a song of praise. (2) If one assumes that God’s word is in view, as in v. 4, then one option is to translate, “in God I boast, [in] his word.” In this case the prepositional phrase “in God” goes with the following verb “I boast” (see Ps 44:8) and “[his] word” is appositional to “in God” and more specifically identifies the basis for the psalmist’s confidence. God’s “word” is here understood as an assuring promise of protection. (3) The present translation reflects another option: In this case “I praise [his] word” is a parenthetical statement, with “[his] word” being the object of the verb. The sentence begun with the prepositional phrase “in God” is then completed in v. 11, with the prepositional phrase being repeated after the parenthesis.

[56:10]  ¹⁴ tn The phrase “in the Lord” parallels “in God” in the first line. Once again the psalmist parenthetically remarks “I boast in [his] word” before completing the sentence in v. 11.

[148:3]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “stars of light.”