פ (Pe)
119:129 Your rules are marvelous.
Therefore I observe them.
77:14 You are the God who does amazing things;
you have revealed your strength among the nations.
78:12 He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors,
in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. 1
88:12 Are your amazing deeds experienced 2 in the dark region, 3
or your deliverance in the land of oblivion? 4
1 sn The region of Zoan was located in the Egyptian delta, where the enslaved Israelites lived (see Num 13:22; Isa 19:11, 13; 30:4; Ezek 30:14).
1 tn Heb “known.”
2 tn Heb “darkness,” here a title for Sheol.
3 tn Heb “forgetfulness.” The noun, which occurs only here in the OT, is derived from a verbal root meaning “to forget.”