Psalms 95:6

95:6 Come! Let’s bow down and worship! ¹ 

Let’s kneel before the Lord, our creator!

Psalms 100:2

100:2 Worship ²  the Lord with joy!

Enter his presence with joyful singing!

Psalms 69:1

Psalm 69 ³ 

For the music director; according to the tune of “Lilies;” ⁴  by David.

69:1 Deliver me, O God,

for the water has reached my neck. ⁵ 

Psalms 100:4

100:4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,

and his courts with praise!

Give him thanks!

Praise his name!

Psalms 79:1

Psalm 79 ⁶ 

A psalm of Asaph.

79:1 O God, foreigners ⁷  have invaded your chosen land; ⁸ 

they have polluted your holy temple

and turned Jerusalem ⁹  into a heap of ruins.

[95:6]  ¹ tn Heb “kneel down.”

[100:2]  ² tn Or “serve.”

[69:1]  ³ sn Psalm 69. The psalmist laments his oppressed condition and asks the Lord to deliver him by severely judging his enemies.

[69:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “according to lilies.” See the superscription to Ps 45.

[69:1]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term נפשׁ (nefesh) here refers to the psalmist’s throat or neck. The psalmist compares himself to a helpless, drowning man.

[79:1]  ⁴ sn Psalm 79. The author laments how the invading nations have destroyed the temple and city of Jerusalem. He asks God to forgive his people and to pour out his vengeance on those who have mistreated them.

[79:1]  ⁵ tn Or “nations.”

[79:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “have come into your inheritance.”

[79:1]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.