Mazmur 47:4

47:4 He picked out for us a special land ¹ 

to be a source of pride for ²  Jacob, ³  whom he loves. ⁴  (Selah)

Mazmur 60:2

60:2 You made the earth quake; you split it open. ⁵ 

Repair its breaches, for it is ready to fall. ⁶ 

Mazmur 105:37

105:37 He brought his people ⁷  out enriched ⁸  with silver and gold;

none of his tribes stumbled.

Mazmur 145:13

145:13 Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, ⁹ 

and your dominion endures through all generations.

[47:4]  ¹ tn Heb “he chose for us our inheritance.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a preterite (see “subdued” in v. 3).

[47:4]  ² tn Heb “the pride of.” The phrase is appositional to “our inheritance,” indicating that the land is here described as a source of pride to God’s people.

[47:4]  ³ tn That is, Israel.

[47:4]  ⁴ sn Jacob whom he loves. The Lord’s covenantal devotion to his people is in view.

[60:2]  ⁵ tn The verb פָּצַם (patsam, “split open”) occurs only here in the OT. An Arabic cognate means “crack,” and an Aramaic cognate is used in Tg. Jer 22:14 with the meaning “break open, frame.” See BDB 822 s.v. and Jastrow 1205 s.v. פְּצַם.

[60:2]  sn You made the earth quake; you split it open. The psalmist uses the imagery of an earthquake to describe the nation’s defeat.

[60:2]  ⁶ sn It is ready to fall. The earth is compared to a wall that has been broken by the force of the earthquake (note the preceding line) and is ready to collapse.

[105:37]  ⁷ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the Lord’s people) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[105:37]  ⁸ tn The word “enriched” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[145:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “a kingdom of all ages.”