Psalms 22:31

22:31 They will come and tell about his saving deeds; ¹ 

they will tell a future generation what he has accomplished. ² 

Psalms 52:2

52:2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; ³ 

it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. ⁴ 

Psalms 72:18

72:18 The Lord God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! ⁵ 

He alone accomplishes amazing things! ⁶ 

Psalms 77:14

77:14 You are the God who does amazing things;

you have revealed your strength among the nations.

Psalms 78:12

78:12 He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors,

in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. ⁷ 

Psalms 83:9

83:9 Do to them as you did to Midian ⁸  –

as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River! ⁹ 

Psalms 96:5

96:5 For all the gods of the nations are worthless, ¹⁰ 

but the Lord made the sky.

Psalms 103:10

103:10 He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; ¹¹ 

he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve. ¹² 

Psalms 105:5

105:5 Recall the miraculous deeds he performed,

his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, ¹³ 

Psalms 106:3

106:3 How blessed are those who promote justice,

and do what is right all the time!

Psalms 118:16

118:16 the Lord’s right hand gives victory, ¹⁴ 

the Lord’s right hand conquers.

Psalms 118:24

118:24 This is the day the Lord has brought about. ¹⁵ 

We will be happy and rejoice in it.

Psalms 148:8

148:8 O fire and hail, snow and clouds, ¹⁶ 

O stormy wind that carries out his orders, ¹⁷ 

[22:31]  ¹ tn Heb “his righteousness.” Here the noun צִדָקָה (tsidaqah) refers to the Lord’s saving deeds whereby he vindicates the oppressed.

[22:31]  ² tn Heb “to a people [to be] born that he has acted.” The words “they will tell” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[52:2]  ³ tn Heb “destruction your tongue devises.”

[52:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “like a sharpened razor, doer of deceit.” The masculine participle עָשָׂה (’asah) is understood as a substantival vocative, addressed to the powerful man.

[72:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21; 41:13.

[72:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “[the] one who does amazing things by himself.”

[78:12]  ⁷ sn The region of Zoan was located in the Egyptian delta, where the enslaved Israelites lived (see Num 13:22; Isa 19:11, 13; 30:4; Ezek 30:14).

[83:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “do to them like Midian.”

[83:9]  ¹⁰ sn The psalmist alludes here to Gideon’s victory over the Midianites (see Judg 7-8) and to Barak’s victory over Jabin’s army, which was led by his general Sisera (Judg 4-5).

[96:5]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew term אֱלִילִים (’elilim, “worthless”) sounds like אֱלֹהִים (’elohim, “gods”). The sound play draws attention to the statement.

[103:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “not according to our sins does he do to us.”

[103:10]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and not according to our misdeeds does he repay us.”

[105:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and the judgments of his mouth.”

[118:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “exalts.”

[118:24]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “this is the day the Lord has made.” Though sometimes applied in a general way, this statement in its context refers to the day of deliverance which the psalmist and people celebrate.

[148:8]  ²¹ tn In Ps 119:83 the noun refers to “smoke,” but here, where the elements of nature are addressed, the clouds, which resemble smoke, are probably in view.

[148:8]  ²² tn Heb “[that] does his word.”