Discovery BoxPsalms 79:3 
Context79:3 They have made their blood flow like water
all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them. 1
Psalms 116:19
Context116:19 in the courts of the Lord’s temple,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord!
Psalms 128:5
Context128:5 May the Lord bless you 2 from Zion,
that you might see 3 Jerusalem 4 prosper
all the days of your life,
1 tn Heb “they have poured out their blood like water, all around Jerusalem, and there is no one burying.”
2 tn The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive of prayer (note the imperatives that are subordinated to this clause in vv. 5b-6a). Having described the blessings that typically come to the godly, the psalmist concludes by praying that this ideal may become reality for the representative godly man being addressed.
3 tn The imperative with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding jussive.
4 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
