Psalms 2:6

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

on Zion, my holy hill.”

Psalms 44:4

44:4 You are my ³  king, O God!

Decree ⁴  Jacob’s ⁵  deliverance!

Psalms 68:24

68:24 They ⁶  see your processions, O God –

the processions of my God, my king, who marches along in holy splendor. ⁷ 

Psalms 74:12

74:12 But God has been my ⁸  king from ancient times,

performing acts of deliverance on the earth. ⁹ 

Psalms 148:11

148:11 you kings of the earth and all you nations,

you princes and all you leaders ¹⁰  on the earth,

[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.”

[44:4]  ³ sn The speaker changes here to an individual, perhaps the worship leader or the king. The oscillation between singular (vv. 4, 6) and plural (vv. 1-3, 5, 7-8) in vv. 1-8 may reflect an antiphonal ceremony.

[44:4]  ⁴ tc The LXX assumes a participle here (מְצַוֶּה [mÿtsavveh], “the one who commands/decrees”) which would stand in apposition to “my God.” It is possible that the MT, which has the imperative (צַוֵּה, tsavveh) form, has suffered haplography of the letter mem (ם). Note that the preceding word (אֱלֹהִים, ’elohim) ends in mem. Another option is that the MT is divided in the wrong place; perhaps one could move the final mem from אֱלֹהִים to the beginning of the next word and read מְצַוֶּה אֱלֹהָי (’elohay mÿtsavveh, “[You are my king,] my God, the one who decrees”).

[44:4]  ⁵ tn That is, Israel. See Pss 14:7; 22:23.

[68:24]  ⁵ tn The subject is probably indefinite, referring to bystanders in general who witness the procession.

[68:24]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text has simply “in holiness.” The words “who marches along” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[74:12]  ⁷ tn The psalmist speaks as Israel’s representative here.

[74:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “in the midst of the earth.”

[148:11]  ⁹ tn Or “judges.”