Mazmur 33:1

Psalm 33 ¹ 

33:1 You godly ones, shout for joy because of the Lord!

It is appropriate for the morally upright to offer him praise.

Mazmur 34:3

34:3 Magnify the Lord with me!

Let’s praise ²  his name together!

Mazmur 34:12

34:12 Do you want to really live? ³ 

Would you love to live a long, happy life? ⁴ 

Mazmur 66:5

66:5 Come and witness ⁵  God’s exploits! ⁶ 

His acts on behalf of people are awesome! ⁷ 

Mazmur 81:9

81:9 There must be ⁸  no other ⁹  god among you.

You must not worship a foreign god.

Mazmur 96:9

96:9 Worship the Lord in holy attire! ¹⁰ 

Tremble before him, all the earth!

Mazmur 103:21

103:21 Praise the Lord, all you warriors of his, ¹¹ 

you servants of his who carry out his desires! ¹² 

Mazmur 135:19

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

O family of Aaron, praise the Lord!

Mazmur 139:19

139:19 If only ¹⁴  you would kill the wicked, O God!

Get away from me, you violent men! ¹⁵ 

[33:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 33. In this hymn the psalmist praises the Lord as the sovereign creator and just ruler of the world who protects and vindicates those who fear him.

[34:3]  ² tn Or “exalt.”

[34:12]  ³ tn Heb “Who is the man who desires life?” The rhetorical question is used to grab the audience’s attention. “Life” probably refers here to quality of life, not just physical existence or even duration of life. See the following line.

[34:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “[Who] loves days to see good?”

[66:5]  ⁵ tn Or “see.”

[66:5]  ⁶ tn Or “acts” (see Ps 46:8).

[66:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “awesome [is] an act toward the sons of man.” It is unclear how the prepositional phrase relates to what precedes. If collocated with “act,” it may mean “on behalf of” or “toward.” If taken with “awesome” (see 1 Chr 16:25; Pss 89:7; 96:4; Zeph 2:11), one might translate “his awesome acts are beyond human comprehension” or “his awesome acts are superior to anything men can do.”

[81:9]  ⁸ tn The imperfect verbal forms in v. 9 have a modal function, expressing what is obligatory.

[81:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “different”; “illicit.”

[96:9]  ¹⁰ tn Or “in holy splendor.”

[103:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “all his hosts.”

[103:21]  ¹² tn Heb “his attendants, doers of his desire.”

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

[139:19]  ¹⁴ tn The Hebrew particle אִם (’im, “if”) and following prefixed verbal form here express a wish (see Pss 81:8; 95:7, as well as GKC 321 §109.b).

[139:19]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “men of bloodshed.”