Psalms 71:17-19

71:17 O God, you have taught me since I was young,

and I am still declaring ¹  your amazing deeds.

71:18 Even when I am old and gray, ² 

O God, do not abandon me,

until I tell the next generation about your strength,

and those coming after me about your power. ³ 

71:19 Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; ⁴ 

you have done great things. ⁵ 

O God, who can compare to you? ⁶ 

Psalms 72:18

72:18 The Lord God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! ⁷ 

He alone accomplishes amazing things! ⁸ 

Psalms 105:2

105:2 Sing to him!

Make music to him!

Tell about all his miraculous deeds!

Psalms 119:27

119:27 Help me to understand what your precepts mean! ⁹ 

Then I can meditate ¹⁰  on your marvelous teachings. ¹¹ 

Psalms 136:4-5

136:4 to the one who performs magnificent, amazing deeds all by himself,

for his loyal love endures,

136:5 to the one who used wisdom to make the heavens,

for his loyal love endures,

Psalms 145:5

145:5 I will focus on your honor and majestic splendor,

and your amazing deeds! ¹² 

Luke 19:37-40

19:37 As he approached the road leading down from ¹³  the Mount of Olives, ¹⁴  the whole crowd of his ¹⁵  disciples began to rejoice ¹⁶  and praise ¹⁷  God with a loud voice for all the mighty works ¹⁸  they had seen: ¹⁹  19:38 “Blessed is the king ²⁰  who comes in the name of the Lord! ²¹  Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” 19:39 But ²²  some of the Pharisees ²³  in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” ²⁴  19:40 He answered, ²⁵  “I tell you, if they ²⁶  keep silent, the very stones ²⁷  will cry out!”

[71:17]  ¹ tn Heb “and until now I am declaring.”

[71:18]  ² tn Heb “and even unto old age and gray hair.”

[71:18]  ³ tn Heb “until I declare your arm to a generation, to everyone who comes your power.” God’s “arm” here is an anthropomorphism that symbolizes his great strength.

[71:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “your justice, O God, [is] unto the height.” The Hebrew term מָרוֹם (marom, “height”) is here a title for the sky/heavens.

[71:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “you who have done great things.”

[71:19]  ⁶ tn Or “Who is like you?”

[72:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21; 41:13.

[72:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “[the] one who does amazing things by himself.”

[119:27]  ⁹ tn Heb “the way of your precepts make me understand.”

[119:27]  ¹⁰ tn The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:27]  ¹¹ tn Heb “your amazing things,” which refers here to the teachings of the law (see v. 18).

[145:5]  ¹² tn Heb “the splendor of the glory of your majesty, and the matters of your amazing deeds I will ponder.”

[19:37]  ¹³ tn Grk “the descent of”; this could refer to either the slope of the hillside itself or the path leading down from it (the second option has been adopted for the translation, see L&N 15.109).

[19:37]  ¹⁴ sn See the note on the name Mount of Olives in v. 29.

[19:37]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “the”; the Greek article has been translated here as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[19:37]  ¹⁶ tn Here the participle χαίροντες (caironte") has been translated as a finite verb in English; it could also be translated adverbially as a participle of manner: “began to praise God joyfully.”

[19:37]  ¹⁷ sn See 2:13, 20; Acts 2:47; 3:8-9.

[19:37]  ¹⁸ tn Or “works of power,” “miracles.” Jesus’ ministry of miracles is what has drawn attention. See Luke 7:22.

[19:37]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “they had seen, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[19:38]  ²⁰ sn Luke adds the title king to the citation from Ps 118:26 to make clear who was meant (see Luke 18:38). The psalm was used in looking for the deliverance of the end, thus leading to the Pharisees’ reaction.

[19:38]  ²¹ sn A quotation from Ps 118:26.

[19:39]  ²² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context. Not all present are willing to join in the acclamation.

[19:39]  ²³ sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

[19:39]  ²⁴ sn Teacher, rebuke your disciples. The Pharisees were complaining that the claims were too great.

[19:40]  ²⁵ tn Grk “and answering, he said.” This has been simplified in the translation to “He answered.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[19:40]  ²⁶ tn Grk “these.”

[19:40]  ²⁷ sn This statement amounts to a rebuke. The idiom of creation speaking means that even creation knows what is taking place, yet the Pharisees miss it. On this idiom, see Gen 4:10 and Hab 2:11.