Mazmur 18:9

18:9 He made the sky sink ¹  as he descended;

a thick cloud was under his feet.

Mazmur 57:5

57:5 Rise up ²  above the sky, O God!

May your splendor cover the whole earth! ³ 

Mazmur 57:11

57:11 Rise up ⁴  above the sky, O God!

May your splendor cover the whole earth! ⁵ 

Mazmur 89:2

89:2 For I say, “Loyal love is permanently established; ⁶ 

in the skies you set up your faithfulness.” ⁷ 

Mazmur 89:11

89:11 The heavens belong to you, as does the earth.

You made the world and all it contains. ⁸ 

Mazmur 103:11

103:11 For as the skies are high above the earth,

so his loyal love towers ⁹  over his faithful followers. ¹⁰ 

Mazmur 108:5

108:5 Rise up ¹¹  above the sky, O God!

May your splendor cover the whole earth! ¹² 

Mazmur 147:8

147:8 He covers ¹³  the sky with clouds,

provides the earth with rain,

and causes grass to grow on the hillsides. ¹⁴ 

[18:9]  ¹ tn The Hebrew verb נָטָה (natah) can carry the sense “[cause to] bend, bow down.” For example, Gen 49:15 pictures Issachar as a donkey that “bends” its shoulder or back under a burden. Here the Lord causes the sky, pictured as a dome or vault, to sink down as he descends in the storm.

[57:5]  ² tn Or “be exalted.”

[57:5]  ³ tn Heb “over all the earth [be] your splendor.” Though no verb appears, the tone of the statement is a prayer or wish. (Note the imperative form in the preceding line.)

[57:11]  ⁴ tn Or “be exalted.”

[57:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “over all the earth [be] your splendor.” Though no verb appears, the tone of the statement is a prayer or wish. (Note the imperative form in the preceding line.)

[89:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “built.”

[89:2]  ⁷ sn You set up your faithfulness. This may allude to the Lord’s heavenly throne, which symbolizes his just rule and from which the Lord decrees his unconditional promises (see vv. 8, 14).

[89:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “the world and its fullness, you established them.”

[103:11]  ⁹ tn For this sense of the verb גָבַר (gavar), see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 17, 19.

[103:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “those who fear him.”

[108:5]  ¹¹ tn Or “be exalted.”

[108:5]  ¹² tn Heb “over all the earth [be] your splendor.” Though no verb appears, the tone of the statement is a prayer or wish. (Note the imperative form in the preceding line.)

[147:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “the one who covers.”

[147:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “hills.”