Psalms 96:6

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96:6 Majestic splendor emanates from him;¹

his sanctuary is firmly established and beautiful.²

Psalms 96:8

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96:8 Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves!³

Bring an offering and enter his courts!

Psalms 97:9

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97:9 For you, O Lord, are the sovereign king⁴ over the whole earth;

you are elevated high above all gods.

Psalms 113:3-6

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113:3 From east to west⁵

the Lord’s name is deserving of praise.

113:4 The Lord is exalted over all the nations;

his splendor reaches beyond the sky.⁶

113:5 Who can compare to the Lord our God,

who sits on a high throne?⁷

113:6 He bends down to look⁸

at the sky and the earth.

Psalms 145:3-7

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145:3 The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise!

No one can fathom his greatness!⁹

145:4 One generation will praise your deeds to another,

and tell about your mighty acts!¹⁰

145:5 I will focus on your honor and majestic splendor,

and your amazing deeds!¹¹

145:6 They will proclaim¹² the power of your awesome acts!

I will declare your great deeds!

145:7 They will talk about the fame of your great kindness,¹³

and sing about your justice.¹⁴

[96:6] ¹tn Heb “majesty and splendor [are] before him.”

[96:6] ²tn Heb “strength and beauty [are] in his sanctuary.”

[96:8] ³tn Heb “the splendor of [i.e., “due”] his name.”

[97:9] ⁴tn Traditionally “Most High.”

[113:3] ⁵tn Heb “from the rising of the sun to its setting.” The extent is not temporal (“from sunrise to sunset”) but spatial (“from the place where the sun rises [the east] to the place where it sets [the west].” In the phenomenological language of OT cosmology, the sun was described as rising in the east and setting in the west.

[113:4] ⁶tn Heb “above the sky [is] his splendor.”

[113:5] ⁷tn Heb “the one who makes high to sit.”

[113:6] ⁸tn Heb “the one who makes low to see.”

[145:3] ⁹tn Heb “and concerning his greatness there is no searching.”

[145:4] ¹⁰tn The prefixed verbal forms in v. 4 are understood as imperfects, indicating how the psalmist expects his audience to respond to his praise. Another option is to take the forms as jussives, indicating the psalmist’s wish, “may one generation praise…and tell about.”

[145:5] ¹¹tn Heb “the splendor of the glory of your majesty, and the matters of your amazing deeds I will ponder.”

[145:6] ¹²tn The prefixed verbal form is understood as an imperfect, indicating how the psalmist expects his audience to respond to his praise. Another option is to take the forms as a jussive, indicating the psalmist’s wish, “may they proclaim.”

[145:7] ¹³tn Heb “the fame of the greatness of your goodness.”

[145:7] ¹⁴tn The prefixed verbal forms in v. 7 are understood as imperfects, indicating how the psalmist expects his audience to respond to his praise. Another option is to take the forms as jussives, indicating the psalmist’s wish, “may they talk…and sing.”