Psalms 9:13-14

9:13 when they prayed: ¹ 

“Have mercy on me, ²  Lord!

See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, ³ 

O one who can snatch me away ⁴  from the gates of death!

9:14 Then I will ⁵  tell about all your praiseworthy acts; ⁶ 

in the gates of Daughter Zion ⁷  I will rejoice because of your deliverance.” ⁸ 

Psalms 66:13-15

66:13 I will enter ⁹  your temple with burnt sacrifices;

I will fulfill the vows I made to you,

66:14 which my lips uttered

and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.

66:15 I will offer up to you fattened animals as burnt sacrifices,

along with the smell of sacrificial rams.

I will offer cattle and goats. (Selah)

Psalms 95:2

95:2 Let’s enter his presence ¹⁰  with thanksgiving!

Let’s shout out to him in celebration! ¹¹ 

Psalms 100:4

100:4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,

and his courts with praise!

Give him thanks!

Praise his name!

Psalms 116:18-19

116:18 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord

before all his people,

116:19 in the courts of the Lord’s temple,

in your midst, O Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord!

Isaiah 38:20

38:20 The Lord is about to deliver me, ¹² 

and we will celebrate with music ¹³ 

for the rest of our lives in the Lord’s temple.” ¹⁴ 

Isaiah 38:22

38:22 Hezekiah said, “What is the confirming sign that I will go up to the Lord’s temple?”

[9:13]  ¹ tn The words “when they prayed,” though not represented in the Hebrew text, are supplied in the translation for clarification. The petition in vv. 13-14 is best understood as the cry for help which the oppressed offered to God when the nations threatened. The Lord answered this request, prompting the present song of thanksgiving.

[9:13]  ² tn Or “show me favor.”

[9:13]  ³ tn Heb “see my misery from the ones who hate me.”

[9:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “one who lifts me up.”

[9:14]  ⁵ tn Or “so that I might.”

[9:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “all your praise.” “Praise” stands by metonymy for the mighty acts that prompt it.

[9:14]  ⁷ sn Daughter Zion is an idiomatic title for Jerusalem. It appears frequently in the prophets, but only here in the psalms.

[9:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “in your deliverance.”

[66:13]  ⁹ sn Here the psalmist switches to the singular; he speaks as the representative of the nation.

[95:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “meet his face.”

[95:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “with songs of joy.”

[38:20]  ¹² tn The infinitive construct is used here to indicate that an action is imminent. See GKC 348-49 §114.i, and IBHS 610 §36.2.3g.

[38:20]  ¹³ tn Heb “and music [or perhaps, “stringed instruments”] we will play.”

[38:20]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.”