Mazmur 87:5

87:5 But it is said of Zion’s residents, ¹ 

“Each one of these ²  was born in her,

and the sovereign One ³  makes her secure.” ⁴ 

Mazmur 92:11

92:11 I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; ⁵ 

I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me. ⁶ 

[87:5]  ¹ tn Heb “and of Zion it is said.” Another option is to translate, “and to Zion it is said.” In collocation with the Niphal of אָמַר (’amar), the preposition lamed (-לְ) can introduce the recipient of the statement (see Josh 2:2; Jer 4:11; Hos 1:10; Zeph 3:16), carry the nuance “concerning, of” (see Num 23:23), or mean “be named” (see Isa 4:3; 62:4).

[87:5]  ² tn Heb “a man and a man.” The idiom also appears in Esth 1:8. The translation assumes that the phrase refers to each of Zion’s residents, in contrast to the foreigners mentioned in v. 4. Those advocating the universalistic interpretation understand this as a reference to each of the nations, including those mentioned in v. 4.

[87:5]  ³ tn Traditionally “Most High.”

[87:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he makes her secure, the Most High.”

[92:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “my eye gazes upon those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 56:2. The form שׁוּרָי (shuray) should be emended to שׁוֹרְרָי (shorÿray).

[92:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “those who rise up against me, evil [foes], my ears hear.”