¹ tn The phrase “of property” is supplied as a clarification.

³ tn Heb “to the priest it shall be his property.”

¹ tn Heb “And in all the land of your property.”

² tn Heb “the houses of the cities of their property.”

¹ tn Heb “house” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV; also in vv. 2, 7). Cf. TEV “all the property.”

² tn Heb “all the property which was found in the house of the king.”

¹ tn The words “of the property of the deceased” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹ tn That is, the possession of land, or property, among the other families of their tribe.

¹ tn Heb “and a priest, if he buys a person, the property of his silver.”

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

¹ tn Heb “(as) an inheritance,” that is, landed property that one can pass on to one’s descendants.

¹ tn Heb “his field of purchase,” which is to be distinguished from his own ancestral “landed property” (cf. v. 16 above).

² tn For the semantic nuance “acquire [property]” for the verb עָשָׂה (ʿasah), see BDB 795 s.v. עָשָׂה.

¹ sn The next section of laws concerns property rights. These laws protected property from thieves and oppressors, but also set limits to retribution. The message could be: God’s laws demand that the guilty make restitution for their crimes against property and that the innocent be exonerated.

¹ tn Here βίος (bios) refers to one’s means of subsistence—material goods or property (BDAG 177 s.v. 2).

² sn The imagery here appears to be that of treating the wife as an equal heir with the sons and of giving her the best piece of property.

² sn The fourth saying deals with respect for property that belongs to other people (cf. Instruction of Amenemope, chap. 6, 7:12-13 [ANET 422]).

¹ tn Heb “my portion [is] the Lord.” The psalmist compares the Lord to landed property, which was foundational to economic stability in ancient Israel (see Ps 16:5).

¹ tn Heb “and the inhabitants, the first who [were] in their property in their cities, Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.”

⁵ tn Heb “from the inheritance of God.” The expression refers to the property that was granted to her family line in the division of the land authorized by God.