Psalms 72:11

72:11 All kings will bow down to him;

all nations will serve him.

Psalms 105:36

105:36 He struck down all the firstborn in their land,

the firstfruits of their reproductive power. ¹ 

Psalms 117:1

Psalm 117 ² 

117:1 Praise the Lord, all you nations!

Applaud him, all you foreigners! ³ 

Psalms 145:9

145:9 The Lord is good to all,

and has compassion on all he has made. ⁴ 

Psalms 145:13-14

145:13 Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, ⁵ 

and your dominion endures through all generations.

145:14 ⁶ The Lord supports all who fall,

and lifts up all who are bent over. ⁷ 

Psalms 145:17-18

145:17 The Lord is just in all his actions, ⁸ 

and exhibits love in all he does. ⁹ 

145:18 The Lord is near all who cry out to him,

all who cry out to him sincerely. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 148:9

148:9 you mountains and all you hills,

you fruit trees and all you cedars,

Psalms 148:11

148:11 you kings of the earth and all you nations,

you princes and all you leaders ¹¹  on the earth,

[105:36]  ¹ tn Heb “the beginning of all their strength,” that is, reproductive power (see Ps 78:51).

[117:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 117. The psalmist tells the nations to praise the Lord for his loyal love and faithfulness.

[117:1]  ² tn Or “peoples” (see Ps 108:3).

[145:9]  ¹ tn Heb “and his compassion is over all his works.”

[145:13]  ¹ tn Heb “a kingdom of all ages.”

[145:14]  ¹ tc Psalm 145 is an acrostic psalm, with each successive verse beginning with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet. However, in the traditional Hebrew (Masoretic) text of Psalm 145 there is no verse beginning with the letter nun. One would expect such a verse to appear as the fourteenth verse, between the mem (מ) and samek (ס) verses. Several ancient witnesses, including one medieval Hebrew manuscript, the Qumran scroll from cave 11, the LXX, and the Syriac, supply the missing nun (נ) verse, which reads as follows: “The Lord is reliable in all his words, and faithful in all his deeds.” One might paraphrase this as follows: “The Lord’s words are always reliable; his actions are always faithful.” Scholars are divided as to the originality of this verse. L. C. Allen argues for its inclusion on the basis of structural considerations (Psalms 101-150 [WBC], 294-95), but there is no apparent explanation for why, if original, it would have been accidentally omitted. The psalm may be a partial acrostic, as in Pss 25 and 34 (see M. Dahood, Psalms [AB], 3:335). The glaring omission of the nun line would have invited a later redactor to add such a line.

[145:14]  ² tn Perhaps “discouraged” (see Ps 57:6).

[145:17]  ¹ tn Heb “in all his ways.”

[145:17]  ² tn Heb “and [is] loving in all his deeds.”

[145:18]  ¹ tn Heb “in truth.”

[148:11]  ¹ tn Or “judges.”