Mazmur 50:14

50:14 Present to God a thank-offering!

Repay your vows to the sovereign One! ¹ 

Mazmur 78:58

78:58 They made him angry with their pagan shrines, ² 

and made him jealous with their idols.

Mazmur 106:28

106:28 They worshiped ³  Baal of Peor,

and ate sacrifices offered to the dead. ⁴ 

[50:14]  ¹ tn Heb “Most High.” This divine title (עֶלְיוֹן, ’elyon) pictures God as the exalted ruler of the universe who vindicates the innocent and judges the wicked. See especially Pss 7:17; 9:2; 18:13; 21:7; 47:2.

[78:58]  ² tn Traditionally, “high places.”

[106:28]  ³ tn Heb “joined themselves to.”

[106:28]  sn They worshiped Baal of Peor. See Num 25:3, 5. Baal of Peor was a local manifestation of the Canaanite deity Baal located at Peor.

[106:28]  ⁴ tn Here “the dead” may refer to deceased ancestors (see Deut 26:14). Another option is to understand the term as a derogatory reference to the various deities which the Israelites worshiped at Peor along with Baal (see Num 25:2 and L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 [WBC], 49).