Psalms 9 Footnotes

9:14 Zion is the mountain on which the city of Jerusalem is built; accordingly, Jerusalem is frequently called the daughter of Zion (Is 1:8; 10:32). Sometimes the phrase refers to the people in the city of Jerusalem (Mic 4:8). The gates at the entrance of the city were places where business and legal transactions took place. The gates were always crowded, and were therefore ideal places to testify to the Lord’s deliverance. However, “within the gates” could also refer to festival gatherings at the Jerusalem sanctuary (Ps 122:1-2).