translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: PSA

label: NET translator note

text: Or “were.”


text: For location see Map5-B1 ; Map6-F3 ; Map7-E2 ; Map8-F2 ; Map10-B3 ; JP1-F4 ; JP2-F4 ; JP3-F4 ; JP4-F4 .


label: NET textual note

text: Heb “Jerusalem, which is built like a city which is joined to her together.” The meaning of the Hebrew text is unclear. Many regard this as a description of the compact way in which the city was designed or constructed. The translation assumes an emendation of the verb חֻבְּרָה ( khubbÿrah , “is joined”) to a noun חֶבְרָה ( khevrah , “association; company”). The text then reads literally, “Jerusalem, which is built like a city which has a company together.” This in turn can be taken as a reference to Jerusalem’s role as a city where people congregated for religious festivals and other civic occasions (see vv. 4-5 ).


text: Or “went up.”


text: Heb “which is where the tribes go up.”


text: Heb “[it is] a statute for Israel to give thanks to the name of the Lord .”


text: Or “for.”


text: Or “sat.”


text: Heb “Indeed, there they sit [on] thrones for judgment, [on] thrones [belonging] to the house of David.”


text: Heb “ask [for].”


text: Or “be secure.”


text: or “security.”


text: The psalmist uses second feminine singular pronominal forms to address personified Jerusalem.


text: Heb “I will seek good for you.” The psalmist will seek Jerusalem’s “good” through prayer.