Psalms 35:28

35:28 Then I will tell others about your justice, ¹ 

and praise you all day long. ² 

Psalms 51:14

51:14 Rescue me from the guilt of murder, ³  O God, the God who delivers me!

Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance. ⁴ 

Psalms 71:15-16

71:15 I will tell about your justice,

and all day long proclaim your salvation, ⁵ 

though I cannot fathom its full extent. ⁶ 

71:16 I will come and tell about ⁷  the mighty acts of the sovereign Lord.

I will proclaim your justice – yours alone.

Psalms 98:2

98:2 The Lord demonstrates his power to deliver; ⁸ 

in the sight of the nations he reveals his justice.

Psalms 111:3

111:3 His work is majestic and glorious, ⁹ 

and his faithfulness endures ¹⁰  forever.

Psalms 145:7

145:7 They will talk about the fame of your great kindness, ¹¹ 

and sing about your justice. ¹² 

[35:28]  ¹ tn Heb “and my tongue will proclaim your justice.”

[35:28]  ² tn Heb “all the day your praise.” The verb “proclaim” is understood by ellipsis in the second line (see the previous line).

[51:14]  ³ tn Heb “from bloodshed.” “Bloodshed” here stands by metonymy for the guilt which it produces.

[51:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “my tongue will shout for joy your deliverance.” Another option is to take the prefixed verbal form as a jussive, “may my tongue shout for joy.” However, the pattern in vv. 12-15 appears to be prayer/request (see vv. 12, 14a, 15a) followed by promise/vow (see vv. 13, 14b, 15b).

[71:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “my mouth declares your vindication, all the day your deliverance.”

[71:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “though I do not know [the] numbers,” that is, the tally of God’s just and saving acts. HALOT 768 s.v. סְפֹרוֹת understands the plural noun to mean “the art of writing.”

[71:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “I will come with.”

[98:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “makes known his deliverance.”

[111:3]  ⁹ tn For other uses of the Hebrew phrase וְהָדָר-הוֹד (hod-vÿhadar, “majesty and splendor”) see 1 Chr 16:27; Job 40:10; Pss 21:5; 96:6; 104:1.

[111:3]  ¹⁰ tn Or “stands.”

[145:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the fame of the greatness of your goodness.”

[145:7]  ¹² tn The prefixed verbal forms in v. 7 are understood as imperfects, indicating how the psalmist expects his audience to respond to his praise. Another option is to take the forms as jussives, indicating the psalmist’s wish, “may they talk…and sing.”