119:83 For 1 I am like a wineskin 2 dried up in smoke. 3
I do not forget your statutes.
148:8 O fire and hail, snow and clouds, 4
O stormy wind that carries out his orders, 5
1 tn Or “even though.”
2 tn The Hebrew word נֹאד (no’d, “leather container”) refers to a container made from animal skin which is used to hold wine or milk (see Josh 9:4, 13; Judg 4:19; 1 Sam 16:20).
3 tn Heb “in the smoke.”
4 tn In Ps 119:83 the noun refers to “smoke,” but here, where the elements of nature are addressed, the clouds, which resemble smoke, are probably in view.
5 tn Heb “[that] does his word.”