Psalms 9:10

9:10 Your loyal followers trust in you, ¹ 

for you, Lord, do not abandon those who seek your help. ² 

Psalms 31:3

31:3 For you are my high ridge ³  and my stronghold;

for the sake of your own reputation ⁴  you lead me and guide me. ⁵ 

Psalms 45:17

45:17 I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years, ⁶ 

then the nations will praise you ⁷  forever.

Psalms 52:9

52:9 I will continually ⁸  thank you when ⁹  you execute judgment; ¹⁰ 

I will rely ¹¹  on you, ¹²  for your loyal followers know you are good. ¹³ 

Psalms 54:6

54:6 With a freewill offering I will sacrifice ¹⁴  to you!

I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good!

Psalms 61:5

61:5 For you, O God, hear my vows;

you grant me the reward that belongs to your loyal followers. ¹⁵ 

Psalms 61:8

61:8 Then I will sing praises to your name continually, ¹⁶ 

as I fulfill ¹⁷  my vows day after day.

Psalms 66:4

66:4 All the earth worships ¹⁸  you

and sings praises to you!

They sing praises to your name!” (Selah)

Psalms 74:10

74:10 How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults?

Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

Psalms 74:18

74:18 Remember how ¹⁹  the enemy hurls insults, O Lord, ²⁰ 

and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!

Psalms 83:18

83:18 Then they will know ²¹  that you alone are the Lord, ²² 

the sovereign king ²³  over all the earth.

Psalms 86:11

86:11 O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! ²⁴ 

Then I will obey your commands. ²⁵ 

Make me wholeheartedly committed to you! ²⁶ 

Psalms 109:21

109:21 O sovereign Lord,

intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation! ²⁷ 

Because your loyal love is good, deliver me!

Psalms 145:1

Psalm 145 ²⁸ 

A psalm of praise, by David.

145:1 I will extol you, my God, O king!

I will praise your name continually! ²⁹ 

[9:10]  ¹ tn Heb “and the ones who know your name trust in you.” The construction vav (ו) conjunctive + imperfect at the beginning of the verse expresses another consequence of the statement made in v. 8. “To know” the Lord’s “name” means to be his follower, recognizing his authority and maintaining loyalty to him. See Ps 91:14, where “knowing” the Lord’s “name” is associated with loving him.

[9:10]  ² tn Heb “the ones who seek you.”

[31:3]  ³ sn The metaphor of the high ridge pictures God as a rocky, relatively inaccessible summit, where one would be able to find protection from enemies. See 1 Sam 23:25, 28.

[31:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “name.” The Hebrew term שֵׁם (shem, “name”) refers here to the Lord’s reputation. (The English term “name” is often used the same way.)

[31:3]  ⁵ tn The present translation assumes that the imperfect verbal forms are generalizing, “you lead me and guide me.” Other options are to take them as an expression of confidence about the future, “you will lead me and guide me” (cf. NASB), or as expressing a prayer, “lead me and guide me” (cf. NEB, NIV, NRSV).

[45:17]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ sn The nations will praise you. As God’s vice-regent on earth, the king is deserving of such honor and praise.

[52:9]  ⁷ tn Or, hyperbolically, “forever.”

[52:9]  ⁸ tn Or “for.”

[52:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “you have acted.” The perfect verbal form (1) probably indicates a future perfect here. The psalmist promises to give thanks when the expected vindication has been accomplished. Other options include (2) a generalizing (“for you act”) or (3) rhetorical (“for you will act”) use.

[52:9]  ¹⁰ tn Or “wait.”

[52:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “your name.” God’s “name” refers here to his reputation and revealed character.

[52:9]  ¹² tn Heb “for it is good in front of your loyal followers.”

[54:6]  ⁹ tn The cohortative verbal form expresses the psalmist’s resolve/vow to praise.

[61:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “you grant the inheritance of those who fear your name.” “Inheritance” is normally used of land which is granted as an inheritance; here it refers metaphorically to the blessings granted God’s loyal followers. To “fear” God’s name means to have a healthy respect for his revealed reputation which in turn motivates one to obey God’s commands (see Ps 86:11).

[61:8]  ¹³ tn Or “forever.”

[61:8]  ¹⁴ tn Or perhaps, “and thereby fulfill.” The preposition with the infinitive construct here indicates an accompanying circumstance.

[66:4]  ¹⁵ tn Or “bows down to.” The prefixed verbal forms in v. 4 are taken (1) as imperfects expressing what is typical. Another option (2) is to interpret them as anticipatory (“all the earth will worship you”) or (3) take them as jussives, expressing a prayer or wish (“may all the earth worship you”).

[74:18]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “remember this.”

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

[83:18]  ¹⁹ tn After the preceding jussives (v. 17), the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose (“so that they may know”) or result.

[83:18]  ²⁰ tn Heb “that you, your name [is] the Lord, you alone.”

[83:18]  ²¹ tn Traditionally “the Most High.”

[86:11]  ²¹ tn Heb “teach me your way.” The Lord’s “way” refers here to the moral principles he expects the psalmist to follow. See Pss 25:4; 27:11.

[86:11]  ²² tn Heb “I will walk in your truth.” The Lord’s commandments are referred to as “truth” here because they are a trustworthy and accurate expression of the divine will. See Ps 25:5.

[86:11]  ²³ tn Heb “Bind my heart to the fearing of your name.” The verb translated “bind” occurs only here in the Piel stem. It appears twice in the Qal, meaning “be joined” in both cases (Gen 49:6; Isa 14:20). To “fear” God’s name means to have a healthy respect for him which in turn motivates one to obey his commands (see Pss 61:5; 102:15).

[109:21]  ²³ tn Heb “but you, Lord, Master, do with me for the sake of your name.” Here “name” stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

[145:1]  ²⁵ sn Psalm 145. The psalmist praises God because he is a just and merciful king who cares for his people.

[145:1]  ²⁶ tn Or, hyperbolically, “forever.”