Psalms 22:23

22:23 You loyal followers of the Lord, ¹  praise him!

All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!

All you descendants of Israel, stand in awe of him! ² 

Psalms 63:11

63:11 But the king ³  will rejoice in God;

everyone who takes oaths in his name ⁴  will boast,

for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up. ⁵ 

Psalms 104:35

104:35 May sinners disappear ⁶  from the earth,

and the wicked vanish!

Praise the Lord, O my soul!

Praise the Lord!

Psalms 106:48

106:48 The Lord God of Israel deserves praise, ⁷ 

in the future and forevermore. ⁸ 

Let all the people say, “We agree! ⁹  Praise the Lord!” ¹⁰ 

[22:23]  ¹ tn Heb “[you] fearers of the Lord.” See Ps 15:4.

[22:23]  ² tn Heb “fear him.”

[63:11]  ³ sn The psalmist probably refers to himself in the third person here.

[63:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “who swears [an oath] by him.”

[63:11]  ⁵ tn The Niphal of this verb occurs only here and in Gen 8:2, where it is used of God “stopping” or “damming up” the great deep as he brought the flood to an end.

[104:35]  ⁵ tn Or “be destroyed.”

[106:48]  ⁷ tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21.

[106:48]  ⁸ tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.”

[106:48]  ⁹ tn Heb “surely” (אָמֵן, ’amen), traditionally transliterated “amen.”

[106:48]  ¹⁰ sn The final verse (v. 48) is a conclusion to this fourth “book” (or major editorial division) of the Psalter. Similar statements appear at or near the end of each of the first, second and third “books” of the Psalter (see Pss 41:13; 72:18-19; 89:52, respectively).