Psalms 19:2

19:2 Day after day it speaks out; ¹ 

night after night it reveals his greatness. ² 

Psalms 30:2

30:2 O Lord my God,

I cried out to you and you healed me. ³ 

Psalms 30:8

30:8 To you, O Lord, I cried out;

I begged the Lord for mercy: ⁴ 

Psalms 44:21

44:21 would not God discover it,

for he knows ⁵  one’s thoughts? ⁶ 

Psalms 66:17

66:17 I cried out to him for help ⁷ 

and praised him with my tongue. ⁸ 

Psalms 68:29

68:29 as you come out of your temple in Jerusalem! ⁹ 

Kings bring tribute to you.

Psalms 106:18

106:18 Fire burned their group;

the flames scorched the wicked. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 134:3

134:3 May the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth,

bless you ¹¹  from Zion! ¹² 

[19:2]  ¹ tn Heb “it gushes forth a word.” The “sky” (see v. 1b) is the subject of the verb. Though not literally speaking (see v. 3), it clearly reveals God’s royal majesty. The sun’s splendor and its movement across the sky is in view (see vv. 4-6).

[19:2]  ² tn Heb “it [i.e., the sky] declares knowledge,” i.e., knowledge about God’s royal majesty and power (see v. 1). This apparently refers to the splendor and movements of the stars. The imperfect verbal forms in v. 2, like the participles in the preceding verse, combine with the temporal phrases (“day after day” and “night after night”) to emphasize the ongoing testimony of the sky.

[30:2]  ³ sn You healed me. Apparently the psalmist was plagued by a serious illness that threatened his life. See Ps 41.

[30:8]  ⁵ tn The prefixed verbal forms in v. 8 are probably preterites; the psalmist recalls that he prayed in his time of crisis.

[44:21]  ⁷ tn The active participle describes what is characteristically true.

[44:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “would not God search out this, for he knows the hidden things of [the] heart?” The expression “search out” is used metonymically here, referring to discovery, the intended effect of a search. The “heart” (i.e., mind) is here viewed as the seat of one’s thoughts. The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course he would!” The point seems to be this: There is no way the Israelites who are the speakers in the psalm would reject God and turn to another god, for the omniscient God would easily discover such a sin.

[66:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “to him [with] my mouth I called.”

[66:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and he was extolled under my tongue.” The form רוֹמַם (romam) appears to be a polal (passive) participle from רוּם (rum, “be exalted”), but many prefer to read רוֹמָם, “high praise [was under my tongue]” (cf. NEB). See BDB 928 s.v. רוֹמָם.

[68:29]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Be strong, O God, [you] who have acted for us, from your temple in Jerusalem.”

[106:18]  ¹³ sn Verses 16-18 describe the events of Num 16:1-40.

[134:3]  ¹⁵ tn The pronominal suffix is second masculine singular, suggesting that the servants addressed in vv. 1-2 are responding to the psalmist.

[134:3]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “may the Lord bless you from Zion, the maker of heaven and earth.”