1 tn Heb “do what is good for Zion in your favor.”
2 tn Or “Build.” The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.
3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
4 tn Or “desire, take delight in.”
5 tn Heb “then they will offer up bulls.” The third plural subject is indefinite.
6 sn Verses 18-19 appear to reflect the exilic period, when the city’s walls lay in ruins and the sacrificial system had been disrupted.
