translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: PSA

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “sought out.”


text: For other uses of the Hebrew phrase וְהָדָר - הוֹד ( hod-vÿhadar , “majesty and splendor”) see 1 Chr 16:27 ; Job 40:10 ; Pss 21:5; 96:6; 104:1 .


text: Or “stands.”


text: Or “did,” if this refers primarily to the events of the exodus and conquest period (see vv. 6, 9 ).


text: Heb “a memorial he had made for his amazing deeds.”


text: Or “gave,” if the events of the exodus and conquest period (see v. 6, 9 ) are primarily in view.


text: Heb “those who fear him.”


text: Or “he remembers his covenant forever” (see Ps 105:8 ).


text: Heb “the strength of his deeds he proclaimed to his people, to give to them an inheritance of nations.”


text: Heb “the deeds of his hands [are].”


text: That is, fair and for man’s good.


text: Heb “done in faithfulness and uprightness.” The passive participle probably has the force of a gerund. See L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 89.


text: Heb “redemption he sent for his people.”


text: Heb “he commanded forever his covenant.”


text: Heb “the beginning of wisdom [is] the fear of the Lord .”


text: Heb “good sense [is] to all who do them.” The third masculine plural pronominal suffix must refer back to the “precepts” mentioned in v. 7 . In the translation the referent has been specified for clarity. The phrase שֵׂכֶל טוֹב ( shekhel tov ) also occurs in Prov 3:4; 13:15 and 2 Chr 30:22 .


text: Heb “his praise stands forever.”