68:26 In your large assemblies praise God,
the Lord, in the assemblies of Israel! 1
68:27 There is little Benjamin, their ruler, 2
and the princes of Judah in their robes, 3
along with the princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali.
1 tn Heb “from the fountain of Israel,” which makes little, if any, sense here. The translation assumes an emendation to בְּמִקְרָאֵי (bÿmiqra’ey, “in the assemblies of [Israel]”).
2 sn Little Benjamin, their ruler. This may allude to the fact that Israel’s first king, Saul, was from the tribe of Benjamin.
3 tc The MT reads רִגְמָתָם (rigmatam), which many derive from רָגַם (ragam, “to kill by stoning”) and translates, “[in] their heaps,” that is, in large numbers.