Psalms 48:13

48:13 Consider its defenses!

Walk through its fortresses,

so you can tell the next generation about it!

Psalms 122:7

122:7 May there be peace inside your defenses,

and prosperity inside your fortresses!


tn Heb “set your heart to its rampart.”

tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word translated “walk through,” which occurs only here in the OT, is uncertain. Cf. NEB “pass…in review”; NIV “view.”

sn The city’s towers, defenses, and fortresses are outward reminders and tangible symbols of the divine protection the city enjoys.

tn or “security.”

tn The psalmist uses second feminine singular pronominal forms to address personified Jerusalem.