Psalms 122:7

122:7 May there be peace inside your defenses,

and prosperity ¹  inside your fortresses! ² 

Psalms 59:11

59:11 Do not strike them dead suddenly,

because then my people might forget the lesson. ³ 

Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down,

O Lord who shields us! ⁴ 

[122:7]  ¹ tn or “security.”

[122:7]  ² tn The psalmist uses second feminine singular pronominal forms to address personified Jerusalem.

[59:11]  ³ tn Heb “do not kill them, lest my people forget.”

[59:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “make them roam around by your strength and bring them down, O our shield, the Lord.”