Psalms 66:20

66:20 God deserves praise, ¹ 

for ²  he did not reject my prayer

or abandon his love for me! ³ 

Psalms 72:18

72:18 The Lord God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! ⁴ 

He alone accomplishes amazing things! ⁵ 

Psalms 118:26

118:26 May the one who comes in the name of the Lord ⁶  be blessed!

We will pronounce blessings on you ⁷  in the Lord’s temple. ⁸ 

Psalms 135:21

135:21 The Lord deserves praise in Zion ⁹  –

he who dwells in Jerusalem. ¹⁰ 

Praise the Lord!

[66:20]  ¹ tn Heb “blessed [be] God.”

[66:20]  ² 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]  ³ tn Heb “did not turn aside my prayer and his loyal love with me.”

[72:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21; 41:13.

[72:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “[the] one who does amazing things by himself.”

[118:26]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ tn Heb “from the house of the Lord.”

[135:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “praised be the Lord from Zion.”

[135:21]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.