Psalms 2:6

2:6 “I myself ¹  have installed ²  my king

on Zion, my holy hill.”

Psalms 43:3

43:3 Reveal ³  your light ⁴  and your faithfulness!

They will lead me, ⁵ 

they will escort ⁶  me back to your holy hill, ⁷ 

and to the place where you live. ⁸ 

Psalms 99:9

99:9 Praise ⁹  the Lord our God!

Worship on his holy hill,

for the Lord our God is holy!

Psalms 132:13-14

132:13 Certainly ¹⁰  the Lord has chosen Zion;

he decided to make it his home. ¹¹ 

132:14 He said, ¹²  “This will be my resting place forever;

I will live here, for I have chosen it. ¹³ 

[2:6]  ¹ tn The first person pronoun appears before the first person verbal form for emphasis, reflected in the translation by “myself.”

[2:6]  ² tn Or perhaps “consecrated.”

[43:3]  ³ tn Heb “send.”

[43:3]  ⁴ sn God’s deliverance is compared here to a light which will lead the psalmist back home to the Lord’s temple. Divine deliverance will in turn demonstrate the Lord’s faithfulness to his people.

[43:3]  ⁵ tn Or “may they lead me.” The prefixed verbal forms here and in the next line may be taken as jussives.

[43:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “bring.”

[43:3]  ⁷ sn In this context the Lord’s holy hill is Zion/Jerusalem. See Isa 66:20; Joel 2:1; 3:17; Zech 8:3; Pss 2:6; 15:1; 48:1; 87:1; Dan 9:16.

[43:3]  ⁸ tn Or “to your dwelling place[s].” The plural form of the noun may indicate degree or quality; this is the Lord’s special dwelling place (see Pss 46:4; 84:1; 132:5, 7).

[99:9]  ⁹ tn Or “exalt.”

[132:13]  ¹⁰ tn Or “for.”

[132:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he desired it for his dwelling place.”

[132:14]  ¹² tn The words “he said” are added in the translation to clarify that what follows are the Lord’s words.

[132:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “for I desired it.”