Discovery BoxPsalms 78:55 
Context78:55 He drove the nations out from before them;
he assigned them their tribal allotments 1
and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down. 2
Psalms 125:3
Context125:3 Indeed, 3 the scepter of a wicked king 4 will not settle 5
upon the allotted land of the godly.
Otherwise the godly might
do what is wrong. 6
Psalms 139:9
Context139:9 If I were to fly away 7 on the wings of the dawn, 8
and settle down on the other side 9 of the sea,
1 tn Heb “he caused to fall [to] them with a measuring line an inheritance.”
2 tn Heb “and caused the tribes of Israel to settle down in their tents.”
3 tn Or “for.”
4 tn Heb “a scepter of wickedness.” The “scepter” symbolizes royal authority; when collocated with “wickedness” the phrase refers to an oppressive foreign conqueror.
5 tn Or “rest.”
6 tn Heb “so that the godly might not stretch out their hands in wrongdoing.” A wicked king who sets a sinful example can have an adverse moral and ethical effect on the people he rules.
7 tn Heb “rise up.”
8 sn On the wings of the dawn. This personification of the “dawn” may find its roots in mythological traditions about the god Shachar, whose birth is described in an Ugaritic myth (see G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 126) and who is mentioned in Isa 14:12 as the father of Helel.
9 tn Heb “at the end.”
