Psalms 76:2

76:2 He lives in Salem; ¹ 

he dwells in Zion. ² 

Psalms 134:3

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

bless you ³  from Zion! ⁴ 

Psalms 134:2

134:2 Lift your hands toward the sanctuary

and praise the Lord!

Psalms 6:6

6:6 I am exhausted as I groan;

all night long I drench my bed in tears; ⁵ 

my tears saturate the cushion beneath me. ⁶ 

[76:2]  ¹ sn Salem is a shorter name for Jerusalem (see Gen 14:18).

[76:2]  ² 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]  ³ tn The pronominal suffix is second masculine singular, suggesting that the servants addressed in vv. 1-2 are responding to the psalmist.

[134:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “may the Lord bless you from Zion, the maker of heaven and earth.”

[6:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “I cause to swim through all the night my bed.”

[6:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “with my tears my bed I flood/melt.”