21:5 Your deliverance brings him great honor; 1
you give him majestic splendor. 2
145:6 They will proclaim 3 the power of your awesome acts!
I will declare your great deeds!
1 tn Or “great glory.”
2 tn Heb “majesty and splendor you place upon him.” For other uses of the phrase הוֹד וְהָדָר (hod vÿhadar, “majesty and splendor”) see 1 Chr 16:27; Job 40:10; Pss 96:6; 104:1; 111:3.
3 tn 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.”