Mazmur 96:5

96:5 For all the gods of the nations are worthless, ¹ 

but the Lord made the sky.

Mazmur 9:20

9:20 Terrify them, Lord! ² 

Let the nations know they are mere mortals! ³  (Selah)

[96:5]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term אֱלִילִים (’elilim, “worthless”) sounds like אֱלֹהִים (’elohim, “gods”). The sound play draws attention to the statement.

[9:20]  ² tn Heb “place, Lord, terror with regard to them.” The Hebrew term מוֹרָה (morah, “terror”) is an alternative form of מוֹרָא (mora’; a reading that appears in some mss and finds support in several ancient textual witnesses).

[9:20]  ³ tn Heb “let the nations know they [are] man[kind]”; i.e., mere human beings (as opposed to God).