9:4 For you defended my just cause; 1
from your throne you pronounced a just decision. 2
132:11 The Lord made a reliable promise to David; 3
he will not go back on his word. 4
He said, 5 “I will place one of your descendants 6 on your throne.
1 tn Heb “for you accomplished my justice and my legal claim.”
2 tn Heb “you sat on a throne [as] one who judges [with] righteousness.” The perfect verbal forms in v. 4 probably allude to a recent victory (see vv. 5-7). Another option is to understand the verbs as describing what is typical (“you defend…you sit on a throne”).
3 tn Heb “the
4 tn Heb “he will not turn back from it.”
5 tn The words “he said” are supplied in the translation to clarify that what follows are the
6 tn Heb “the fruit of your body.”