9:3 When my enemies turn back,
they trip and are defeated 1 before you.
9:14 Then I will 2 tell about all your praiseworthy acts; 3
in the gates of Daughter Zion 4 I will rejoice because of your deliverance.” 5
1 tn Or “perish”; or “die.” The imperfect verbal forms in this line either emphasize what typically happens or describe vividly the aftermath of a recent battle in which the
2 tn Or “so that I might.”
3 tn Heb “all your praise.” “Praise” stands by metonymy for the mighty acts that prompt it.
4 sn Daughter Zion is an idiomatic title for Jerusalem. It appears frequently in the prophets, but only here in the psalms.
5 tn Heb “in your deliverance.”