Psalms 20:2

20:2 May he send you help from his temple; ¹ 

from Zion may he give you support!

Psalms 48:12

48:12 Walk around ²  Zion! Encircle it!

Count its towers!

Psalms 50:2

50:2 From Zion, the most beautiful of all places, ³ 

God comes in splendor. ⁴ 

Psalms 76:2

76:2 He lives in Salem; ⁵ 

he dwells in Zion. ⁶ 

Psalms 129:5

129:5 May all who hate Zion

be humiliated and turned back!

Psalms 134:3

134:3 May the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth,

bless you ⁷  from Zion! ⁸ 

[20:2]  ¹ tc Heb “from [the] temple.” The third masculine singular pronominal suffix (ן, nun) has probably been accidentally omitted by haplography. Note that the following word begins with a prefixed vav (ו). See P. C. Craigie, Psalms 1-50 (WBC), 184.

[48:12]  ² tn The verb forms in vv. 12-13 are plural; the entire Judahite community is addressed.

[50:2]  ³ tn Heb “the perfection of beauty.”

[50:2]  ⁴ tn Or “shines forth.”

[76:2]  ⁴ sn Salem is a shorter name for Jerusalem (see Gen 14:18).

[76:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and his place of refuge is in Salem, and his lair in Zion.” God may be likened here to a lion (see v. 4).

[134:3]  ⁵ tn The pronominal suffix is second masculine singular, suggesting that the servants addressed in vv. 1-2 are responding to the psalmist.

[134:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “may the Lord bless you from Zion, the maker of heaven and earth.”