51:18 Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her! 1
Fortify 2 the walls of Jerusalem! 3
102:13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. 4
For it is time to have mercy on her,
for the appointed time has come.
102:16 when the Lord rebuilds Zion,
and reveals his splendor,
147:12 Extol the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
147:13 For he makes the bars of your gates strong.
He blesses your children 5 within you.
14:32 How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? 6
Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure;
the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.
44:26 who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants 7
and brings to pass the announcements 8 of his messengers,
who says about Jerusalem, 9 ‘She will be inhabited,’
and about the towns of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt,
her ruins I will raise up,’
46:13 I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away;
I am bringing my salvation near, 10 it does not wait.
I will save Zion; 11
I will adorn Israel with my splendor.” 12
14:1 Then 13 I looked, and here was 14 the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were one hundred and forty-four thousand, who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.
1 tn Heb “do what is good for Zion in your favor.”
2 tn Or “Build.” The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.
3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
4 tn The imperfect verbal forms are understood as expressing the psalmist’s confidence in God’s intervention. Another option is to take them as expressing the psalmist’s request or wish, “You, rise up and have compassion!”
5 tn Heb “your sons.”
6 sn The question forces the Philistines to consider the dilemma they will face – surrender and oppression, or battle and death.
7 tn Heb “the word of his servant.” The following context indicates that the Lord’s prophets are in view.
8 tn Heb “counsel.” The Hebrew term עֵצָה (’etsah) probably refers here to the divine plan as announced by the prophets. See HALOT 867 s.v. I עֵצָה.
9 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
10 tn Heb “my salvation.” The verb “I am bringing near” is understood by ellipsis (note the previous line).
11 tn Heb “I will place in Zion salvation”; NASB “I will grant salvation in Zion.”
12 tn Heb “to Israel my splendor”; KJV, ASV “for Israel my glory.”
13 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
14 tn The phrase “and here was” expresses the sense of καὶ ἰδού (kai idou).