Psalms 19:1

Psalm 19 ¹ 

For the music director; a psalm of David.

19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; ² 

the sky displays his handiwork. ³ 

Psalms 30:9

30:9 “What ⁴  profit is there in taking my life, ⁵ 

in my descending into the Pit? ⁶ 

Can the dust of the grave ⁷  praise you?

Can it declare your loyalty? ⁸ 

Psalms 64:9

64:9 and all people will fear. ⁹ 

They will proclaim ¹⁰  what God has done,

and reflect on his deeds.

Psalms 92:15

92:15 So they proclaim that the Lord, my protector,

is just and never unfair. ¹¹ 

[19:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 19. The psalmist praises God for his self-revelation in the heavens and in the Mosaic law. The psalmist concludes with a prayer, asking the Lord to keep him from sinning and to approve of his thoughts and words.

[19:1]  ² sn God’s glory refers here to his royal majesty and power.

[19:1]  ³ tn Heb “and the work of his hands the sky declares.” The participles emphasize the ongoing testimony of the heavens/sky.

[30:9]  ⁴ sn The following two verses (vv. 9-10) contain the prayer (or an excerpt of the prayer) that the psalmist offered to the Lord during his crisis.

[30:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “What profit [is there] in my blood?” “Blood” here represents his life.

[30:9]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew term שָׁחַת (shakhat, “pit”) is often used as a title for Sheol (see Pss 16:10; 49:9; 55:24; 103:4).

[30:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “dust.” The words “of the grave” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[30:9]  ⁸ tn The rhetorical questions anticipate the answer, “Of course not!”

[64:9]  ⁷ tc Many medieval Hebrew mss read וַיִּרְאוּ (vayyir’u, “and they will see”) instead of וַיִּירְאוּ (vayyirÿ’u, “and they will proclaim”).

[64:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “the work of God,” referring to the judgment described in v. 7.

[92:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “so that [they] proclaim that upright [is] the Lord, my rocky summit, and there is no injustice in him.”