Psalms 28:6

28:6 The Lord deserves praise, ¹ 

for he has heard my plea for mercy! ² 

Psalms 89:52

89:52 ³ The Lord deserves praise ⁴  forevermore!

We agree! We agree! ⁵ 

Psalms 119:12

119:12 You deserve praise, ⁶  O Lord!

Teach me your statutes!

Psalms 124:6

124:6 The Lord deserves praise, ⁷ 

for ⁸  he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.

[28:6]  ¹ tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord.”

[28:6]  ² sn He has heard my plea for mercy. The psalmist’s mood abruptly changes at this point, because the Lord responded positively to his petition and assured him that he would deliver him.

[89:52]  ³ sn The final verse of Ps 89, v. 52, is a conclusion to this third “book” (or major editorial division) of the Psalter. Similar statements appear at or near the end of each of the first, second and fourth “books” of the Psalter (see Pss 41:13; 72:18-19; 106:48, respectively).

[89:52]  ⁴ tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21.

[89:52]  ⁵ tn Heb “surely and surely” (אָמֵן וְאָמֵן [’amen vÿ’amen], i.e., “Amen and amen”). This is probably a congregational response to the immediately preceding statement about the propriety of praising God; thus it has been translated “We agree! We agree!”

[119:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “[are] blessed.”

[124:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord.”

[124:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “[the one] who.”