Mazmur 4:4

4:4 Tremble with fear and do not sin! ¹ 

Meditate as you lie in bed, and repent of your ways! ²  (Selah)

Mazmur 77:16

77:16 The waters ³  saw you, O God,

the waters saw you and trembled. ⁴ 

Yes, the depths of the sea ⁵  shook with fear. ⁶ 

[4:4]  ¹ sn The psalmist warns his enemies that they need to tremble with fear before God and repudiate their sinful ways.

[4:4]  ² tn Heb “say in your heart(s) on your bed(s) and wail/lament.” The verb דֹמּוּ (dommu) is understood as a form of דָמָם (“wail, lament”) in sorrow and repentance. Another option is to take the verb from II דָמָם (damam, “be quiet”); cf. NIV, NRSV “be silent.”

[77:16]  ³ tn The waters of the Red Sea are here personified; they are portrayed as seeing God and fearing him.

[77:16]  ⁴ tn The prefixed verbal form may be taken as a preterite or as an imperfect with past progressive force.

[77:16]  ⁵ tn The words “of the sea” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[77:16]  ⁶ tn The prefixed verbal form may be taken as a preterite or as an imperfect with past progressive force.