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Renowned in Judah is God,(A)
    whose name is great in Israel.
On Salem[a] is God’s tent, his shelter on Zion.

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Footnotes

  1. 76:3 Salem: an ancient name for Jerusalem, used here perhaps on account of its allusion to the Hebrew word for peace, shalom, cf. Gn 14:18; Hb 7:1–3.

68 [a]God chose the tribe of Judah,
    Mount Zion which he loved.(A)
69 He built his shrine like the heavens,
    like the earth which he founded forever.

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Footnotes

  1. 78:68, 70 God’s ultimate offer of mercy to the sinful, helpless people is Zion and the Davidic king.