Psalms 72:3

72:3 The mountains will bring news of peace to the people,

and the hills will announce justice. ¹ 

Psalms 73:3

73:3 For I envied those who are proud,

as I observed ²  the prosperity ³  of the wicked.

Psalms 120:7

120:7 I am committed to peace, ⁴ 

but when I speak, they want to make war. ⁵ 

Psalms 122:6-7

122:6 Pray ⁶  for the peace of Jerusalem!

May those who love her prosper! ⁷ 

122:7 May there be peace inside your defenses,

and prosperity ⁸  inside your fortresses! ⁹ 

Psalms 128:6

128:6 and that you might see ¹⁰  your grandchildren. ¹¹ 

May Israel experience peace! ¹² 

Psalms 147:14

147:14 He ¹³  brings peace to your territory. ¹⁴ 

He abundantly provides for you ¹⁵  the best grain.

[72:3]  ¹ tn Heb “[the] mountains will bear peace to the people, and [the] hills with justice.” The personified mountains and hills probably represent messengers who will sweep over the land announcing the king’s just decrees and policies. See Isa 52:7 and C. A. Briggs and E. G. Briggs, Psalms (ICC), 2:133.

[73:3]  ² tn The imperfect verbal form here depicts the action as continuing in a past time frame.

[73:3]  ³ tn Heb “peace” (שָׁלוֹם, shalom).

[120:7]  ³ tn Heb “I, peace.”

[120:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “they [are] for war.”

[122:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “ask [for].”

[122:6]  ⁵ tn Or “be secure.”

[122:7]  ⁵ tn or “security.”

[122:7]  ⁶ tn The psalmist uses second feminine singular pronominal forms to address personified Jerusalem.

[128:6]  ⁶ tn The imperative with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the jussive in v. 5a.

[128:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “sons to your sons.”

[128:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “peace [be] upon Israel.” The statement is understood as a prayer (see Ps 125:5).

[147:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “the one who.”

[147:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “he makes your boundary peace.”

[147:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “satisfies you with.”