Psalms 118:20

118:20 This is the Lord’s gate –

the godly enter through it.

Psalms 122:2

122:2 Our feet are ¹  standing

inside your gates, O Jerusalem.

Psalms 69:12

69:12 Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me;

drunkards mock me in their songs. ² 

Psalms 87:2

87:2 The Lord loves the gates of Zion

more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

Psalms 107:18

107:18 They lost their appetite for all food, ³ 

and they drew near the gates of death.

Psalms 118:19

118:19 Open for me the gates of the just king’s temple! ⁴ 

I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.

Psalms 147:13

147:13 For he makes the bars of your gates strong.

He blesses your children ⁵  within you.

Psalms 9:13-14

9:13 when they prayed: ⁶ 

“Have mercy on me, ⁷  Lord!

See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, ⁸ 

O one who can snatch me away ⁹  from the gates of death!

9:14 Then I will ¹⁰  tell about all your praiseworthy acts; ¹¹ 

in the gates of Daughter Zion ¹²  I will rejoice because of your deliverance.” ¹³ 

Psalms 24:7

24:7 Look up, ¹⁴  you gates!

Rise up, ¹⁵  you eternal doors!

Then the majestic king ¹⁶  will enter! ¹⁷ 

Psalms 24:9

24:9 Look up, you gates!

Rise up, you eternal doors!

Then the majestic king will enter!

Psalms 100:4

100:4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,

and his courts with praise!

Give him thanks!

Praise his name!

Psalms 127:5

127:5 How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them!

They will not be put to shame ¹⁸  when they confront ¹⁹  enemies at the city gate.

[122:2]  ¹ tn Or “were.”

[69:12]  ¹ tn Heb “the mocking songs of the drinkers of beer.”

[107:18]  ¹ tn Heb “all food their appetite loathed.”

[118:19]  ¹ tn Heb “the gates of justice.” The gates of the Lord’s temple are referred to here, as v. 20 makes clear. They are called “gates of justice” because they are the entrance to the just king’s palace. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[147:13]  ¹ tn Heb “your sons.”

[9:13]  ¹ tn The words “when they prayed,” though not represented in the Hebrew text, are supplied in the translation for clarification. The petition in vv. 13-14 is best understood as the cry for help which the oppressed offered to God when the nations threatened. The Lord answered this request, prompting the present song of thanksgiving.

[9:13]  ² tn Or “show me favor.”

[9:13]  ³ tn Heb “see my misery from the ones who hate me.”

[9:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “one who lifts me up.”

[9:14]  ¹ tn Or “so that I might.”

[9:14]  ² tn Heb “all your praise.” “Praise” stands by metonymy for the mighty acts that prompt it.

[9:14]  ³ sn Daughter Zion is an idiomatic title for Jerusalem. It appears frequently in the prophets, but only here in the psalms.

[9:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “in your deliverance.”

[24:7]  ¹ tn Heb “lift up your heads.” The gates of the Lord’s dwelling place are here personified. The idiom “lift up the head” often means “be confident, bold” (see Judg 8:28; Job 10:15; Ps 83:2; Zech 1:21).

[24:7]  ² tn Heb “lift yourselves up.”

[24:7]  ³ tn Or “king of glory.”

[24:7]  ⁴ tn Following the imperatives of the preceding lines, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose or result.

[127:5]  ¹ tn Being “put to shame” is here metonymic for being defeated, probably in a legal context, as the reference to the city gate suggests. One could be humiliated (Ps 69:12) or deprived of justice (Amos 5:12) at the gate, but with strong sons to defend the family interests this was less likely to happen.

[127:5]  ² tn Heb “speak with.”