Mazmur 147:2

147:2 The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem, ¹ 

and gathers the exiles of Israel.

Mazmur 106:27

106:27 make their descendants ²  die ³  among the nations,

and scatter them among foreign lands. ⁴ 

[147:2]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[106:27]  ² tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

[106:27]  ³ tn Heb “and to cause their offspring to fall.” Some emend the verb to “scatter” to form tighter parallelism with the following line (cf. NRSV “disperse”).

[106:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “among the lands.” The word “foreign” is supplied in the translation for clarification.