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.

Psalms 66:20

66:20 God deserves praise, ⁹ 

for ¹⁰  he did not reject my prayer

or abandon his love for me! ¹¹ 

Psalms 72:18

72:18 The Lord God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! ¹² 

He alone accomplishes amazing things! ¹³ 

Psalms 118:26

118:26 May the one who comes in the name of the Lord ¹⁴  be blessed!

We will pronounce blessings on you ¹⁵  in the Lord’s temple. ¹⁶ 

Psalms 135:21

135:21 The Lord deserves praise in Zion ¹⁷  –

he who dwells in Jerusalem. ¹⁸ 

Praise the Lord!

Psalms 31:21

31:21 The Lord deserves praise ¹⁹ 

for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies. ²⁰ 

Psalms 41:13

41:13 The Lord God of Israel deserves praise ²¹ 

in the future and forevermore! ²² 

We agree! We agree! ²³ 

Psalms 68:19

68:19 The Lord deserves praise! ²⁴ 

Day after day ²⁵  he carries our burden,

the God who delivers us. (Selah)

Psalms 144:1

Psalm 144 ²⁶ 

By David.

144:1 The Lord, my protector, ²⁷  deserves praise ²⁸  –

the one who trains my hands for battle, ²⁹ 

and my fingers for war,

Psalms 68:35

68:35 You are awe-inspiring, O God, as you emerge from your holy temple! ³⁰ 

It is the God of Israel ³¹  who gives the people power and strength.

God deserves praise! ³² 

Psalms 106:48

106:48 The Lord God of Israel deserves praise, ³³ 

in the future and forevermore. ³⁴ 

Let all the people say, “We agree! ³⁵  Praise the Lord!” ³⁶ 

[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.”

[66:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “blessed [be] God.”

[66:20]  ¹⁰ tn Or “who.” In a blessing formula after בָּרוּךְ (barukh, “blessed be”) the form אֲשֶׁר (’asher), whether taken as a relative pronoun or causal particle, introduces the basis for the blessing/praise.

[66:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “did not turn aside my prayer and his loyal love with me.”

[72:18]  ¹¹ tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21; 41:13.

[72:18]  ¹² tn Heb “[the] one who does amazing things by himself.”

[118:26]  ¹³ sn The people refer here to the psalmist, who enters the Lord’s temple to thank him publicly (see vv. 19-21), as the one who comes in the name of the Lord.

[118:26]  ¹⁴ tn The pronominal suffix is second masculine plural, but the final mem (ם) is probably dittographic (note the mem [מ] at the beginning of the following form) or enclitic, in which case the suffix may be taken as second masculine singular, referring to the psalmist.

[118:26]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “from the house of the Lord.”

[135:21]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “praised be the Lord from Zion.”

[135:21]  ¹⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[31:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord.”

[31:21]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “for he caused his faithfulness to be amazing to me in a besieged city.” The psalmist probably speaks figuratively here. He compares his crisis to being trapped in a besieged city, but the Lord answered his prayer for help. Verses 19-24 were apparently written after the Lord answered the prayer of vv. 1-18.

[41:13]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21.

[41:13]  ²⁰ tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.” See 1 Chr 16:36; Neh 9:5; Pss 90:2; 106:48.

[41:13]  ²¹ 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.

[68:19]  ²¹ tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord.”

[68:19]  ²² tn It is possible to take this phrase with what precedes (“The Lord deserves praise day after day”) rather than with what follows.

[144:1]  ²³ sn Psalm 144. The psalmist expresses his confidence in God, asks for a mighty display of divine intervention in an upcoming battle, and anticipates God’s rich blessings on the nation in the aftermath of military victory.

[144:1]  ²⁴ tn Heb “my rocky summit.” The Lord is compared to a rocky summit where one can find protection from enemies. See Ps 18:2.

[144:1]  ²⁵ tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord, my rocky summit.”

[144:1]  ²⁶ sn The one who trains my hands for battle. The psalmist attributes his skill with weapons to divine enablement (see Ps 18:34). Egyptian reliefs picture gods teaching the king how to shoot a bow. See O. Keel, The Symbolism of the Biblical World, 265.

[68:35]  ²⁵ tn Heb “awesome [is] God from his holy places.” The plural of מִקְדָּשׁ (miqdash, “holy places”) perhaps refers to the temple precincts (see Ps 73:17; Jer 51:51).

[68:35]  ²⁶ tn Heb “the God of Israel, he.”

[68:35]  ²⁷ tn Heb “blessed [be] God.”

[106:48]  ²⁷ tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21.

[106:48]  ²⁸ tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.”

[106:48]  ²⁹ tn Heb “surely” (אָמֵן, ’amen), traditionally transliterated “amen.”

[106:48]  ³⁰ 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).