³ tn Or “foundations.”

² tn Or “foundations.”

¹ tn Grk “that has foundations.”

³ tn Heb “a foundation forever”; NLT “have a lasting foundation.”

² tn Grk “treasuring up a good foundation.”

² tn Grk “before the foundation of the world.”

³ tn Heb “laying bare [from] foundation to neck.”

³ tn Heb “I will uncover her foundations.” The term “foundations” refers to the lower courses of the stones of the city’s outer fortification walls.

² tn Or “foundation.” However, this does not suggest a time to the modern reader.

¹ tn Or “the foundation of the Lord’s temple was not yet laid.”

¹ tn Heb “look.” The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) introduces the foundational clause for the imperative to follow.

¹ tn The particle הֵן (hen) introduces a foundational clause, usually beginning with “since, because, now.”

³ tn The term יְסוֹד (y^esod, “foundation”) refers to the ground-level and below ground-level foundation stones of a city wall (Ps 137:7; Lam 4:11; Mic 1:6).

² tn Heb “his foundation [is] in the hills of holiness.” The expression “his foundation” refers here by metonymy to the Lord’s dwelling place in Zion. The “hills” are the ones surrounding Zion (see Pss 125:2; 133:3).

² tn Heb “her stones.” The term “stones” is a metonymy for the city walls whose foundations were constructed of stone masonry.

³ sn The claim of wisdom in this passage is that she was foundational to all that God would do.

¹ tn Heb “my portion.” The psalmist compares the Lord to landed property, which was foundational to economic stability in ancient Israel.

¹ tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “behold”) introduces a foundational clause upon which the following volitional clause is based.

³ tn Aram “raised”; or perhaps “retained” (so NASB; cf. NLT), referring to the original foundations of Solomon’s temple.

² tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) here introduces a logically foundational statement, upon which the coming instruction will be based.