Mazmur 146:1

Psalm 146 ¹ 

146:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord, O my soul!

Mazmur 113:1

Psalm 113 ² 

113:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise, you servants of the Lord,

praise the name of the Lord!

Mazmur 135:1

Psalm 135 ³ 

135:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise the name of the Lord!

Offer praise, you servants of the Lord,

Mazmur 66:8

66:8 Praise ⁴  our God, you nations!

Loudly proclaim his praise! ⁵ 

Mazmur 135:19

135:19 O family ⁶  of Israel, praise the Lord!

O family of Aaron, praise the Lord!

Mazmur 148:3

148:3 Praise him, O sun and moon!

Praise him, all you shiny stars! ⁷ 

Mazmur 150:3

150:3 Praise him with the blast of the horn!

Praise him with the lyre and the harp!

Mazmur 148:1

Psalm 148 ⁸ 

148:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord from the sky!

Praise him in the heavens!

Mazmur 150:4

150:4 Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing!

Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute!

Mazmur 148:2

148:2 Praise him, all his angels! ⁹ 

Praise him, all his heavenly assembly! ¹⁰ 

Mazmur 150:5

150:5 Praise him with loud cymbals!

Praise him with clanging cymbals!

Mazmur 150:1

Psalm 150 ¹¹ 

150:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise God in his sanctuary!

Praise him in the sky, which testifies to his strength! ¹² 

Mazmur 28:6

28:6 The Lord deserves praise, ¹³ 

for he has heard my plea for mercy! ¹⁴ 

Mazmur 147:12

147:12 Extol the Lord, O Jerusalem!

Praise your God, O Zion!

Mazmur 103:22

103:22 Praise the Lord, all that he has made, ¹⁵ 

in all the regions ¹⁶  of his kingdom!

Praise the Lord, O my soul!

Mazmur 150:2

150:2 Praise him for his mighty acts!

Praise him for his surpassing greatness!

Mazmur 149:1

Psalm 149 ¹⁷ 

149:1 Praise the Lord!

Sing to the Lord a new song!

Praise him in the assembly of the godly! ¹⁸ 

Mazmur 150:6

150:6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord!

Mazmur 66:2

66:2 Sing praises about the majesty of his reputation! ¹⁹ 

Give him the honor he deserves! ²⁰ 

Mazmur 67:3

67:3 Let the nations thank you, O God!

Let all the nations thank you! ²¹ 

Mazmur 51:15

51:15 O Lord, give me the words! ²² 

Then my mouth will praise you. ²³ 

[146:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 146. The psalmist urges his audience not to trust in men, but in the Lord, the just king of the world who cares for the needy.

[113:1]  ² sn Psalm 113. The psalmist praises God as the sovereign king of the world who reaches down to help the needy.

[135:1]  ³ sn Psalm 135. The psalmist urges God’s people to praise him because he is the incomparable God and ruler of the world who has accomplished great things for Israel.

[66:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “bless,” in the sense of declaring “God to be the source of…special power” (see HALOT 160 s.v. II ברך pi).

[66:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “cause the voice of his praise to be heard.”

[135:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “house” (here and in the next two lines).

[148:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “stars of light.”

[148:1]  ⁸ sn Psalm 148. The psalmist calls upon all creation to praise the Lord, for he is the creator and sovereign king of the world.

[148:2]  ⁹ tn Or “heavenly messengers.”

[148:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “all his host.”

[150:1]  ¹¹ sn Psalm 150. The Psalter concludes with a resounding call for praise from everything that has breath.

[150:1]  ¹² tn Heb “the sky of his strength.”

[28:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord.”

[28:6]  ¹⁴ sn He has heard my plea for mercy. The psalmist’s mood abruptly changes at this point, because the Lord responded positively to his petition and assured him that he would deliver him.

[103:22]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “all his works,” which includes mankind.

[103:22]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “places.”

[149:1]  ¹⁷ sn Psalm 149. The psalmist calls upon God’s people to praise him because he is just and avenges them.

[149:1]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “his praise in the assembly of the godly ones.”

[66:2]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “his name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

[66:2]  ²⁰ tn Heb “make honorable his praise.”

[67:3]  ²¹ tn Heb “let the nations, all of them, thank you.” The prefixed verbal forms in vv. 3-4a are understood as jussives in this call to praise.

[51:15]  ²² tn Heb “open my lips.” The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.

[51:15]  ²³ tn Heb “and my mouth will declare your praise.”