Psalms 34:2-3

34:2 I will boast ¹  in the Lord;

let the oppressed hear and rejoice! ² 

34:3 Magnify the Lord with me!

Let’s praise ³  his name together!

[34:2]  ¹ tn Heb “my soul will boast”; or better, “let my soul boast.” Following the cohortative form in v. 1, it is likely that the prefixed verbal form here is jussive.

[34:2]  ² tn The two prefixed verbal forms in this verse are best taken as jussives, for the psalmist is calling his audience to worship (see v. 3).

[34:3]  ³ tn Or “exalt.”