Mazmur 48:9

48:9 We reflect on your loyal love, O God,

within your temple.

Mazmur 66:4

66:4 All the earth worships ¹  you

and sings praises to you!

They sing praises to your name!” (Selah)

Mazmur 68:29

68:29 as you come out of your temple in Jerusalem! ² 

Kings bring tribute to you.

Mazmur 69:5

69:5 O God, you are aware of my foolish sins; ³ 

my guilt is not hidden from you. ⁴ 

Mazmur 73:24

73:24 You guide ⁵  me by your wise advice,

and then you will lead me to a position of honor. ⁶ 

[66:4]  ¹ tn Or “bows down to.” The prefixed verbal forms in v. 4 are taken (1) as imperfects expressing what is typical. Another option (2) is to interpret them as anticipatory (“all the earth will worship you”) or (3) take them as jussives, expressing a prayer or wish (“may all the earth worship you”).

[68:29]  ² tn Heb “Be strong, O God, [you] who have acted for us, from your temple in Jerusalem.”

[68:29]  map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[69:5]  ³ tn Heb “you know my foolishness.”

[69:5]  ⁴ sn The psalmist is the first to admit that he is not perfect. But even so, he is innocent of the allegations which his enemies bring against him (v. 5b). God, who is aware of his foolish sins and guilt, can testify to the truth of his claim.

[73:24]  ⁵ tn The imperfect verbal form here suggests this is the psalmist’s ongoing experience.

[73:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “and afterward [to] glory you will take me.” Some interpreters view this as the psalmist’s confidence in an afterlife in God’s presence and understand כָּבוֹד (cavod) as a metonymic reference to God’s presence in heaven. But this seems unlikely in the present context. The psalmist anticipates a time of vindication, when the wicked are destroyed and he is honored by God for his godly life style. The verb לָקַח (laqakh, “take”) here carries the nuance “lead, guide, conduct,” as in Num 23:14, 27-28; Josh 24:3 and Prov 24:11.