Mazmur 33:6

33:6 By the Lord’s decree ¹  the heavens were made;

by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created. ² 

Mazmur 33:13

33:13 The Lord watches ³  from heaven;

he sees all people. ⁴ 

Mazmur 65:6

65:6 You created the mountains by your power, ⁵ 

and demonstrated your strength. ⁶ 

Mazmur 104:26

104:26 The ships travel there,

and over here swims the whale ⁷  you made to play in it.

Mazmur 105:41

105:41 He opened up a rock and water flowed out;

a river ran through dry regions.

Mazmur 148:5

148:5 Let them praise the name of the Lord,

for he gave the command and they came into existence.

[33:6]  ¹ tn Heb “word.”

[33:6]  ² tn Heb “and by the breath of his mouth all their host.” The words “were created” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons; they are understood by ellipsis (note “were made” in the preceding line). The description is consistent with Gen 1:16, which indicates that God spoke the heavenly luminaries into existence.

[33:13]  ³ tn The Hebrew perfect verbal forms in v. 13 state general facts.

[33:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “all the sons of men.”

[65:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “[the] one who establishes [the] mountains by his power.”

[65:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “one [who] is girded with strength”; or “one [who] girds himself with strength.”

[104:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “[and] this Leviathan, [which] you formed to play in it.” Elsewhere Leviathan is a multiheaded sea monster that symbolizes forces hostile to God (see Ps 74:14; Isa 27:1), but here it appears to be an actual marine creature created by God, probably some type of whale.