Psalms 9:11

9:11 Sing praises to the Lord, who rules ¹  in Zion!

Tell the nations what he has done! ² 

Psalms 22:31

22:31 They will come and tell about his saving deeds; ³ 

they will tell a future generation what he has accomplished. ⁴ 

Psalms 50:6

50:6 The heavens declare his fairness, ⁵ 

for God is judge. ⁶  (Selah)

Psalms 51:15

51:15 O Lord, give me the words! ⁷ 

Then my mouth will praise you. ⁸ 

Psalms 71:17

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

and I am still declaring ⁹  your amazing deeds.

Psalms 75:9

75:9 As for me, I will continually tell what you have done; ¹⁰ 

I will sing praises to the God of Jacob!

Psalms 97:6

97:6 The sky declares his justice,

and all the nations see his splendor.

Psalms 111:6

111:6 He announced that he would do mighty deeds for his people,

giving them a land that belonged to other nations. ¹¹ 

Psalms 142:2

142:2 I pour out my lament before him;

I tell him about ¹²  my troubles.

[9:11]  ¹ tn Heb “sits” (i.e., enthroned, and therefore ruling – see v. 4). Another option is to translate as “lives” or “dwells.”

[9:11]  ² tn Heb “declare among the nations his deeds.”

[22:31]  ³ tn Heb “his righteousness.” Here the noun צִדָקָה (tsidaqah) refers to the Lord’s saving deeds whereby he vindicates the oppressed.

[22:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “to a people [to be] born that he has acted.” The words “they will tell” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[50:6]  ⁵ tn Or “justice.”

[50:6]  ⁶ tn Or “for God, he is about to judge.” The participle may be taken as substantival (as in the translation above) or as a predicate (indicating imminent future action in this context).

[51:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “open my lips.” The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.

[51:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “and my mouth will declare your praise.”

[71:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “and until now I am declaring.”

[75:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “I will declare forever.” The object needs to be supplied; God’s just judgment is in view.

[111:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “the strength of his deeds he proclaimed to his people, to give to them an inheritance of nations.”

[142:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “my trouble before him I declare.”