Psalm 68:18-20

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Psalm 68:18 tn Heb “to the elevated place”; or “on high.” This probably refers to the Lord’s throne on Mount Zion.
2. Psalm 68:18 tn Heb “you have taken captives captive.”
3. Psalm 68:18 tn Or “gifts.”
4. Psalm 68:18 tn Or “among.”
5. Psalm 68:18 tn Heb “so that the Lord God might live [there].” Many take the infinitive construct with ל (lamed) as indicating purpose here, but it is unclear how the offering of tribute enables the Lord to live in Zion. This may be an occurrence of the relatively rare emphatic lamed (see HALOT 510-11 s.v. II לְ, though this text is not listed as an example there). If so, the statement corresponds nicely to the final line of v. 16, which also affirms emphatically that the Lord lives in Zion.
6. Psalm 68:19 tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord.”
7. Psalm 68:19 tn It is possible to take this phrase with what precedes (“The Lord deserves praise day after day”) rather than with what follows.
8. Psalm 68:20 tn Heb “and to the Lord, the Lord, to death, goings out.”