Mazmur 41:13

41:13 The Lord God of Israel deserves praise ¹ 

in the future and forevermore! ² 

We agree! We agree! ³ 

Mazmur 72:18-19

72:18 The Lord God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! ⁴ 

He alone accomplishes amazing things! ⁵ 

72:19 His glorious name deserves praise ⁶  forevermore!

May his majestic splendor ⁷  fill the whole earth!

We agree! We agree! ⁸ 

Mazmur 106:48

106:48 The Lord God of Israel deserves praise, ⁹ 

in the future and forevermore. ¹⁰ 

Let all the people say, “We agree! ¹¹  Praise the Lord!” ¹² 

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

[41:13]  ² tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.” See 1 Chr 16:36; Neh 9:5; Pss 90:2; 106:48.

[41:13]  ³ tn Heb “surely and surely” (אָמֵן וְאָמֵן [’amen vÿ’amen], i.e., “amen and amen”). This is probably a congregational response to the immediately preceding statement about the propriety of praising God.

[72:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21; 41:13.

[72:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “[the] one who does amazing things by himself.”

[72:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “[be] blessed.”

[72:19]  ⁷ tn Or “glory.”

[72:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “surely and surely” (אָמֵן וְאָמֵן [’amen vÿ’amen], i.e., “Amen and amen”). This is probably a congregational response of agreement to the immediately preceding statement about the propriety of praising God.

[106:48]  ⁹ tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21.

[106:48]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.”

[106:48]  ¹¹ tn Heb “surely” (אָמֵן, ’amen), traditionally transliterated “amen.”

[106:48]  ¹² sn The final verse (v. 48) is a conclusion to this fourth “book” (or major editorial division) of the Psalter. Similar statements appear at or near the end of each of the first, second and third “books” of the Psalter (see Pss 41:13; 72:18-19; 89:52, respectively).