Psalms 34:3
Context34:3 Magnify the Lord with me!
Let’s praise 1 his name together!
Psalms 48:4
Context48:4 For 2 look, the kings assemble; 3
they advance together.
Psalms 71:10
Context71:10 For my enemies talk about me;
those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise. 4
Psalms 83:5
Context83:5 Yes, 5 they devise a unified strategy; 6
they form an alliance 7 against you.
Psalms 102:22
Context102:22 when the nations gather together,
and the kingdoms pay tribute to the Lord. 8


[48:4] 2 tn The logical connection between vv. 3-4 seems to be this: God is the protector of Zion and reveals himself as the city’s defender – this is necessary because hostile armies threaten the city.
[48:4] 3 tn The perfect verbal forms in vv. 4-6 are understood as descriptive. In dramatic style (note הִנֵּה, hinneh, “look”) the psalm describes an enemy attack against the city as if it were occurring at this very moment. Another option is to take the perfects as narrational (“the kings assembled, they advanced”), referring to a particular historical event, such as Sennacherib’s siege of the city in 701
[71:10] 3 tn Heb “those who watch for my life consult together.”
[83:5] 5 tn Heb “they consult [with] a heart together.”