Mazmur 2:6

2:6 “I myself ¹  have installed ²  my king

on Zion, my holy hill.”

Mazmur 24:7

24:7 Look up, ³  you gates!

Rise up, ⁴  you eternal doors!

Then the majestic king ⁵  will enter! ⁶ 

Mazmur 68:25

68:25 Singers walk in front;

musicians follow playing their stringed instruments, ⁷ 

in the midst of young women playing tambourines. ⁸ 

[2:6]  ¹ tn The first person pronoun appears before the first person verbal form for emphasis, reflected in the translation by “myself.”

[2:6]  ² tn Or perhaps “consecrated.”

[24:7]  ³ tn Heb “lift up your heads.” The gates of the Lord’s dwelling place are here personified. The idiom “lift up the head” often means “be confident, bold” (see Judg 8:28; Job 10:15; Ps 83:2; Zech 1:21).

[24:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “lift yourselves up.”

[24:7]  ⁵ tn Or “king of glory.”

[24:7]  ⁶ tn Following the imperatives of the preceding lines, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose or result.

[68:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “after [are] the stringed instrument players.”

[68:25]  ⁸ sn To celebrate a military victory, women would play tambourines (see Exod 15:20; Judg 11:34; 1 Sam 18:6).