Mazmur 60:12

60:12 By God’s power we will conquer; ¹ 

he will trample down ²  our enemies.

Mazmur 66:7

66:7 He rules ³  by his power forever;

he watches ⁴  the nations.

Stubborn rebels should not exalt ⁵  themselves. (Selah)

Mazmur 68:34

68:34 Acknowledge God’s power, ⁶ 

his sovereignty over Israel,

and the power he reveals in the skies! ⁷ 

Mazmur 77:19

77:19 You walked through the sea; ⁸ 

you passed through the surging waters, ⁹ 

but left no footprints. ¹⁰ 

Mazmur 89:50

89:50 Take note, O Lord, ¹¹  of the way your servants are taunted, ¹² 

and of how I must bear so many insults from people! ¹³ 

Mazmur 93:4

93:4 Above the sound of the surging water, ¹⁴ 

and the mighty waves of the sea,

the Lord sits enthroned in majesty. ¹⁵ 

Mazmur 97:8

97:8 Zion hears and rejoices,

the towns ¹⁶  of Judah are happy,

because of your judgments, O Lord.

Mazmur 99:9

99:9 Praise ¹⁷  the Lord our God!

Worship on his holy hill,

for the Lord our God is holy!

Mazmur 111:1

Psalm 111 ¹⁸ 

111:1 Praise the Lord!

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,

in the assembly of the godly and the congregation.

Mazmur 144:7

144:7 Reach down ¹⁹  from above!

Grab me and rescue me from the surging water, ²⁰ 

from the power of foreigners, ²¹ 

Mazmur 145:12

145:12 so that mankind ²²  might acknowledge your mighty acts,

and the majestic splendor of your kingdom.

Mazmur 150:1

Psalm 150 ²³ 

150:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise God in his sanctuary!

Praise him in the sky, which testifies to his strength! ²⁴ 

[60:12]  ¹ tn Heb “in God we will accomplish strength.” The statement refers here to military success (see Num 24:18; 1 Sam 14:48; Pss 108:13; 118:15-16).

[60:12]  ² sn Trample down. On this expression see Ps 44:5.

[66:7]  ³ tn Heb “[the] one who rules.”

[66:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “his eyes watch.” “Eyes” are an anthropomorphism, attributed to God here to emphasize his awareness of all that happens on earth.

[66:7]  ⁵ tn The verb form is jussive (note the negative particle אַל, ’al). The Kethib (consonantal text) has a Hiphil form of the verb, apparently to be understood in an exhibitive sense (“demonstrate stubborn rebellion”; see BDB 927 s.v. רוּם Hiph), while the Qere (marginal reading) has a Qal form, to be understood in an intransitive sense. The preposition -לְ (lamed) with pronominal suffix should be understood in a reflexive sense (“for themselves”) and indicates that the action is performed with the interest of the subject in mind.

[68:34]  ⁶ tn Heb “give strength to God.”

[68:34]  ⁷ sn The language of v. 34 echoes that of Deut 33:26.

[77:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “in the sea [was] your way.”

[77:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “and your paths [were] in the mighty waters.”

[77:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and your footprints were not known.”

[89:50]  ¹¹ tc Many medieval Hebrew mss read here יְהוָה (yehvah, “the Lord”).

[89:50]  ¹² tn Heb “remember, O Lord, the taunt against your servants.” Many medieval Hebrew mss read the singular here, “your servant” (that is, the psalmist).

[89:50]  ¹³ tn Heb “my lifting up in my arms [or “against my chest”] all of the many, peoples.” The term רַבִּים (rabbim, “many”) makes no apparent sense here. For this reason some emend the text to רִבֵי (rivey, “attacks by”), a defectively written plural construct form of רִיב (riv, “dispute; quarrel”).

[93:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “mighty waters.”

[93:4]  sn The surging waters here symbolizes the hostile enemies of God who seek to destroy the order he has established in the world (see Pss 18:17; 29:3; 32:6; 77:20; 144:7; Isa 17:13; Jer 51:55; Ezek 26:19; Hab 3:15). But the Lord is depicted as elevated above and sovereign over these raging waters.

[93:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “mighty on high [is] the Lord.”

[97:8]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “daughters.” The term “daughters” refers to the cities of Judah surrounding Zion (see Ps 48:11 and H. Haag, TDOT 2:336).

[99:9]  ¹⁷ tn Or “exalt.”

[111:1]  ¹⁸ sn Psalm 111. The psalmist praises God for his marvelous deeds, especially the way in which he provides for and delivers his people. The psalm is an acrostic. After the introductory call to praise, every poetic line (twenty-two in all) begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

[144:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “stretch out your hands.”

[144:7]  ²⁰ tn Heb “mighty waters.” The waters of the sea symbolize the psalmist’s powerful foreign enemies, as well as the realm of death they represent (see the next line and Ps 18:16-17).

[144:7]  ²¹ tn Heb “from the hand of the sons of foreignness.”

[145:12]  ²² tn Heb “the sons of man.”

[150:1]  ²³ sn Psalm 150. The Psalter concludes with a resounding call for praise from everything that has breath.

[150:1]  ²⁴ tn Heb “the sky of his strength.”