Psalms 55:14

55:14 We would share personal thoughts with each other; ¹ 

in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd.

Psalms 89:7

89:7 a God who is honored ²  in the great angelic assembly, ³ 

and more awesome than ⁴  all who surround him?

Psalms 111:1

Psalm 111 ⁵ 

111:1 Praise the Lord!

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,

in the assembly of the godly and the congregation.

[55:14]  ¹ tn Heb “who together we would make counsel sweet.” The imperfect verbal forms here and in the next line draw attention to the ongoing nature of the actions (the so-called customary use of the imperfect). Their relationship was characterized by such intimacy and friendship. See IBHS 502-3 §31.2b.

[89:7]  ² tn Heb “feared.”

[89:7]  ³ tn Heb “in the great assembly of the holy ones.”

[89:7]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps “feared by.”

[111:1]  ³ sn Psalm 111. The psalmist praises God for his marvelous deeds, especially the way in which he provides for and delivers his people. The psalm is an acrostic. After the introductory call to praise, every poetic line (twenty-two in all) begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.