Mazmur 104:4

104:4 He makes the winds his messengers,

and the flaming fire his attendant. ¹ 

Mazmur 103:21

103:21 Praise the Lord, all you warriors of his, ² 

you servants of his who carry out his desires! ³ 

[104:4]  ¹ tc Heb “and his attendants a flaming fire.” The lack of agreement between the singular “fire” and plural “attendants” has prompted various emendations. Some read “fire and flame.” The present translation assumes an emendation to “his attendant” (יו in the Hebrew text being virtually dittographic).

[104:4]  sn In Ugaritic mythology Yam’s messengers appear as flaming fire before the assembly of the gods. See G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 42.

[103:21]  ² tn Heb “all his hosts.”

[103:21]  ³ tn Heb “his attendants, doers of his desire.”