Mazmur 55:8

55:8 I will hurry off to a place that is safe

from the strong wind ¹  and the gale.”

Mazmur 148:8

148:8 O fire and hail, snow and clouds, ² 

O stormy wind that carries out his orders, ³ 

[55:8]  ¹ tn Heb “[the] wind [that] sweeps away.” The verb סָעָה (sa’ah, “sweep away”) occurs only here in the OT (see H. R. Cohen, Biblical Hapax Legomena [SBLDS], 120).

[148:8]  ² tn In Ps 119:83 the noun refers to “smoke,” but here, where the elements of nature are addressed, the clouds, which resemble smoke, are probably in view.

[148:8]  ³ tn Heb “[that] does his word.”