9:14 Then I will 1 tell about all your praiseworthy acts; 2
in the gates of Daughter Zion 3 I will rejoice because of your deliverance.” 4
137:8 O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! 5
How blessed will be the one who repays you
for what you dished out to us! 6
1 tn Or “so that I might.”
2 tn Heb “all your praise.” “Praise” stands by metonymy for the mighty acts that prompt it.
3 sn Daughter Zion is an idiomatic title for Jerusalem. It appears frequently in the prophets, but only here in the psalms.
4 tn Heb “in your deliverance.”
5 tn Heb “O devastated daughter of Babylon.” The psalmist dramatically anticipates Babylon’s demise.
6 tn Heb “O the happiness of the one who repays you your wage which you paid to us.”