38:38 when the dust hardens 1 into a mass,
and the clumps of earth stick together?
21:33 The clods of the torrent valley 2 are sweet to him;
behind him everybody follows in procession,
and before him goes a countless throng.
1 tn The word means “to flow” or “to cast” (as in casting metals). So the noun developed the sense of “hard,” as in cast metal.
2 tn The clods are those that are used to make a mound over the body. And, for a burial in the valley, see Deut 34:6. The verse here sees him as participating in his funeral and enjoying it. Nothing seems to go wrong with the wicked.