76:2 He lives in Salem; 3
he dwells in Zion. 4
132:13 Certainly 5 the Lord has chosen Zion;
he decided to make it his home. 6
132:14 He said, 7 “This will be my resting place forever;
I will live here, for I have chosen it. 8
1 tn Heb “so your eyes might be open toward this house night and day, toward the place about which you said, ‘My name will be there.’”
2 tn Heb “by listening to the prayer which your servant is praying concerning this place.”
3 sn Salem is a shorter name for Jerusalem (see Gen 14:18).
4 tn Heb “and his place of refuge is in Salem, and his lair in Zion.” God may be likened here to a lion (see v. 4).
5 tn Or “for.”
6 tn Heb “he desired it for his dwelling place.”
7 tn The words “he said” are added in the translation to clarify that what follows are the
8 tn Heb “for I desired it.”