¹ tn Heb “sons of Zion.”

¹ tn Heb “O Daughter Zion.”

³ tn Heb “the daughters of Zion.”

² sn Zion is a reference to Jerusalem.

¹ tn Heb “Raise up a signal toward Zion.”

¹ tn Heb “praised be the Lord from Zion.”

³ sn Zion’s residents will benefit from and enjoy her great material prosperity. See v. 12.

² tn Heb “I will place in Zion salvation”; NASB “I will grant salvation in Zion.”

¹ tn Heb “roads of Zion.” The noun צִיּוֹן (tsiyyon, Zion) is a genitive of direction (termination) following the construct noun, meaning “roads to Zion.”

⁴ tn Heb “She was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion.”

⁵ tn Heb “for out of Zion will go instruction.”

¹ tn Heb “do what is good for Zion in your favor.”

¹ tn Grk “Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion” (the phrase “daughter of Zion” is an idiom for the inhabitants of Jerusalem: “people of Zion”). The idiom “daughter of Zion” has been translated as “people of Zion” because the original idiom, while firmly embedded in the Christian tradition, is not understandable to most modern English readers.

¹ tn Grk “Tell the daughter of Zion” (the phrase “daughter of Zion” is an idiom for the inhabitants of Jerusalem: “people of Zion”). The idiom “daughter of Zion” has been translated as “people of Zion” because the original idiom, while firmly embedded in the Christian tradition, is not understandable to most modern English readers.

² tn Heb “a year of repayment for the strife of Zion.” The translation assumes that רִיב (riv) refers to Edom’s hostility toward Zion. Another option is to understand רִיב (riv) as referring to the Lord’s taking up Zion’s cause. In this case one might translate, “a time when he will repay Edom and vindicate Zion.”

² sn His holy hill. That is, Zion (see Pss 2:6; 48:1-2). The psalmist recognizes that the Lord dwells in his sanctuary on Mount Zion.

³ sn The epithet Daughter Zion pictures the city of Jerusalem as a young lady.

³ tn Heb “It has gone out from the daughter of Zion, all her splendor.”

¹ tn Heb “your,” but Zion here stands by metonymy for her children (see v. 22b).

¹ tn The words “of Zion” are supplied in the translation for clarification.