Discovery BoxPsalms 55:14 
Context55:14 We would share personal thoughts with each other; 1
in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd.
Psalms 73:17
Context73:17 Then I entered the precincts of God’s temple, 2
and understood the destiny of the wicked. 3
Psalms 74:3
Context74:3 Hurry and look 4 at the permanent ruins,
and all the damage the enemy has done to the temple! 5
Psalms 116:19
Context116:19 in the courts of the Lord’s temple,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord!
Psalms 122:9
Context122:9 For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God
I will pray for you to prosper. 6
1 tn Heb “who together we would make counsel sweet.” The imperfect verbal forms here and in the next line draw attention to the ongoing nature of the actions (the so-called customary use of the imperfect). Their relationship was characterized by such intimacy and friendship. See IBHS 502-3 §31.2b.
2 tn The plural of the term מִקְדָּשׁ (miqdash) probably refers to the temple precincts (see Ps 68:35; Jer 51:51).
3 tn Heb “I discerned their end.” At the temple the psalmist perhaps received an oracle of deliverance announcing his vindication and the demise of the wicked (see Ps 12) or heard songs of confidence (for example, Ps 11), wisdom psalms (for example, Pss 1, 37), and hymns (for example, Ps 112) that describe the eventual downfall of the proud and wealthy.
4 tn Heb “lift up your steps to,” which may mean “run, hurry.”
5 tn Heb “everything [the] enemy has damaged in the holy place.”
6 tn Heb “I will seek good for you.” The psalmist will seek Jerusalem’s “good” through prayer.
