Mazmur 60:6

60:6 God has spoken in his sanctuary: ¹ 

“I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem;

the Valley of Succoth I will measure off. ² 

Mazmur 78:69

78:69 He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; ³ 

as secure as the earth, which he established permanently. ⁴ 

[60:6]  ¹ tn Heb “in his holy place.”

[60:6]  ² sn Shechem stands for the territory west of the Jordan, the Valley of Succoth for the region east of the Jordan.

[78:69]  ³ tc Heb “and he built like the exalting [ones] his sanctuary.” The phrase כְּמוֹ־רָמִים (kÿmo-ramim, “like the exalting [ones]”) is a poetic form of the comparative preposition followed by a participial form of the verb רוּם (rum, “be exalted”). The text should be emended to כִּמְרֹמִים (kimromim, “like the [heavenly] heights”). See Ps 148:1, where “heights” refers to the heavens above.

[78:69]  ⁴ tn Heb “like the earth, [which] he established permanently.” The feminine singular suffix on the Hebrew verb יָסַד (yasad, “to establish”) refers to the grammatically feminine noun “earth.”