Psalms 45:17

45:17 I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years, ¹ 

then the nations will praise you ²  forever.

Psalms 74:18

74:18 Remember how ³  the enemy hurls insults, O Lord, ⁴ 

and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!

Psalms 74:22

74:22 Rise up, O God! Defend your honor! ⁵ 

Remember how fools insult you all day long! ⁶ 

Psalms 145:4

145:4 One generation will praise your deeds to another,

and tell about your mighty acts! ⁷ 

Isaiah 43:21

43:21 the people whom I formed for myself,

so they might praise me.” ⁸ 

[45:17]  ¹ tn Heb “I will cause your name to be remembered in every generation and generation.” The cohortative verbal form expresses the poet’s resolve. The king’s “name” stands here for his reputation and character, which the poet praised in vv. 2-7.

[45:17]  ² sn The nations will praise you. As God’s vice-regent on earth, the king is deserving of such honor and praise.

[74:18]  ³ tn Heb “remember this.”

[74:18]  ⁴ tn Or “[how] the enemy insults the Lord.”

[74:22]  ⁵ tn Or “defend your cause.”

[74:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “remember your reproach from a fool all the day.”

[145:4]  ⁷ tn The prefixed verbal forms in v. 4 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 one generation praise…and tell about.”

[43:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “[so] they might declare my praise.”