Mazmur 72:18

72:18 The Lord God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! ¹ 

He alone accomplishes amazing things! ² 

Mazmur 81:4

81:4 For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel; ³ 

it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob.

Mazmur 103:7

103:7 The Lord revealed his faithful acts ⁴  to Moses,

his deeds to the Israelites.

Mazmur 114:1-2

Psalm 114 ⁵ 

114:1 When Israel left Egypt,

when the family of Jacob left a foreign nation behind, ⁶ 

114:2 Judah became his sanctuary,

Israel his kingdom.

Mazmur 124:1

Psalm 124 ⁷ 

A song of ascents, ⁸  by David.

124:1 “If the Lord had not been on our side” –

let Israel say this! –

Mazmur 129:1

Psalm 129 ⁹ 

A song of ascents. ¹⁰ 

129:1 “Since my youth they have often attacked me,”

let Israel say.

Mazmur 135:4

135:4 Indeed, ¹¹  the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,

Israel to be his special possession. ¹² 

Mazmur 135:12

135:12 He gave their land as an inheritance,

as an inheritance to Israel his people.

Mazmur 135:19

135:19 O family ¹³  of Israel, praise the Lord!

O family of Aaron, praise the Lord!

Mazmur 136:22

136:22 as an inheritance to Israel his servant,

for his loyal love endures,

Mazmur 149:2

149:2 Let Israel rejoice in their Creator!

Let the people ¹⁴  of Zion delight in their king! ¹⁵ 

[72:18]  ¹ tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21; 41:13.

[72:18]  ² tn Heb “[the] one who does amazing things by himself.”

[81:4]  ³ tn Heb “because a statute for Israel [is] it.”

[103:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “made known his ways.” God’s “ways” in this context are his protective and salvific acts in fulfillment of his promise (see also Deut 32:4; Pss 18:30; 67:2; 77:13 [note vv. 11-12, 14]; 138:5; 145:17).

[114:1]  ⁵ sn Psalm 114. The psalmist recalls the events of the exodus and conquest and celebrates God’s kingship over his covenant people.

[114:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “the house of Jacob from a nation speaking a foreign language.” The Hebrew verb לָעַז (la’at, “to speak a foreign language”) occurs only here in the OT.

[124:1]  ⁷ sn Psalm 124. Israel acknowledges that the Lord delivered them from certain disaster.

[124:1]  ⁸ sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.

[129:1]  ⁹ sn Psalm 129. Israel affirms God’s justice and asks him to destroy the enemies of Zion.

[129:1]  ¹⁰ sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.

[135:4]  ¹¹ tn Or “for.”

[135:4]  ¹² sn His special possession. The language echoes Exod 19:5; Deut 7:6; 14:2; 26:18. See also Mal 3:17.

[135:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “house” (here and in the next two lines).

[149:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “sons.”

[149:2]  ¹⁵ sn The Lord is the king here, as the parallelism in the previous line (“their creator”) indicates.