Psalms 20:3

20:3 May he take notice ¹  of your offerings;

may he accept ²  your burnt sacrifice! (Selah)

Psalms 45:12

45:12 Rich people from Tyre ³ 

will seek your favor by bringing a gift. ⁴ 

Psalms 96:8

96:8 Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves! ⁵ 

Bring an offering and enter his courts!

Psalms 141:2

141:2 May you accept my prayer like incense,

my uplifted hands like the evening offering! ⁶ 

[20:3]  ¹ tn Or “remember.” For other examples of the verb זָכַר (zakhar) carrying the nuance “take notice of,” see Pss 8:4 and 9:12.

[20:3]  ² tc Heb “consider as fat.” The verbal form should probably be emended to יְדַשְּׁנֶהָ (yÿdashÿneha), the final he (ה) being understood as a third feminine singular pronominal suffix referring back to the feminine noun “burnt sacrifice.”

[45:12]  ³ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[45:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “and a daughter of Tyre with a gift, your face they will appease, the rich of people.” The phrase “daughter of Tyre” occurs only here in the OT. It could be understood as addressed to the bride, indicating she was a Phoenician (cf. NEB). However, often in the OT the word “daughter,” when collocated with the name of a city or country, is used to personify the referent (see, for example, “Daughter Zion” in Ps 9:14, and “Daughter Babylon” in Ps 137:8). If that is the case here, then “Daughter Tyre” identifies the city-state of Tyre as the place from which the rich people come (cf. NRSV). The idiom “appease the face” refers to seeking one’s favor (see Exod 32:11; 1 Sam 13:12; 1 Kgs 13:6; 2 Kgs 13:4; 2 Chr 33:12; Job 11:19; Ps 119:58; Prov 19:6; Jer 26:19; Dan 9:13; Zech 7:2; 8:21-22; Mal 1:9).

[96:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “the splendor of [i.e., “due”] his name.”

[141:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “may my prayer be established [like] incense before you, the uplifting of my hands [like] an evening offering.”