148:4 Praise him, O highest heaven,
and you waters above the sky! 1
136:5 to the one who used wisdom to make the heavens,
for his loyal love endures,
136:26 Give thanks to the God of heaven,
for his loyal love endures!
50:4 He summons the heavens above,
as well as the earth, so that he might judge his people. 2
96:11 Let the sky rejoice, and the earth be happy!
Let the sea and everything in it shout!
97:6 The sky declares his justice,
and all the nations see his splendor.
104:12 The birds of the sky live beside them;
they chirp among the bushes. 3
113:4 The Lord is exalted over all the nations;
his splendor reaches beyond the sky. 4
115:16 The heavens belong to the Lord, 5
but the earth he has given to mankind. 6
For the music director; a psalm of David.
19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; 8
the sky displays his handiwork. 9
19:6 It emerges from the distant horizon, 10
and goes from one end of the sky to the other; 11
nothing can escape 12 its heat.
57:5 Rise up 13 above the sky, O God!
May your splendor cover the whole earth! 14
79:2 They have given the corpses of your servants
to the birds of the sky; 15
the flesh of your loyal followers
to the beasts of the earth.
148:1 Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord from the sky!
Praise him in the heavens!
For the music director, according to the gittith style; 18 a psalm of David.
8:1 O Lord, our Lord, 19
how magnificent 20 is your reputation 21 throughout the earth!
You reveal your majesty in the heavens above! 22
1 sn The “water” mentioned here corresponds to the “waters above” mentioned in Gen 1:7. See also Ps 104:3. For a discussion of the picture envisioned by the psalmist, see L. I. J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World, 47.
2 tn Or perhaps “to testify against his people.”
3 tn Heb “among the thick foliage they give a sound.”
4 tn Heb “above the sky [is] his splendor.”
5 tn Heb “the heavens [are] heavens to the
6 tn Heb “to the sons of man.”
6 sn Psalm 19. The psalmist praises God for his self-revelation in the heavens and in the Mosaic law. The psalmist concludes with a prayer, asking the Lord to keep him from sinning and to approve of his thoughts and words.
7 sn God’s glory refers here to his royal majesty and power.
8 tn Heb “and the work of his hands the sky declares.” The participles emphasize the ongoing testimony of the heavens/sky.
7 tn Heb “from the end of the heavens [is] its going forth.”
8 tn Heb “and its circuit [is] to their ends.”
9 tn Heb “is hidden from.”
8 tn Or “be exalted.”
9 tn Heb “over all the earth [be] your splendor.” Though no verb appears, the tone of the statement is a prayer or wish. (Note the imperative form in the preceding line.)
9 tn Heb “[as] food for the birds of the sky.”
10 sn Psalm 148. The psalmist calls upon all creation to praise the Lord, for he is the creator and sovereign king of the world.
11 sn Psalm 8. In this hymn to the sovereign creator, the psalmist praises God’s majesty and marvels that God has given mankind dominion over the created order.
12 tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew term הגתית is uncertain; it probably refers to a musical style or type of instrument.
13 tn The plural form of the title emphasizes the
14 tn Or “awesome”; or “majestic.”
15 tn Heb “name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.
16 tc Heb “which, give, your majesty on the heavens.” The verb form תְּנָה (tÿnah; an imperative?) is corrupt. The form should be emended to a second masculine singular perfect (נָתַתָּה, natatah) or imperfect (תִתֵן, titen) form. The introductory אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “which”) can be taken as a relative pronoun (“you who”) or as a causal conjunction (“because”). One may literally translate, “you who [or “because you”] place your majesty upon the heavens.” For other uses of the phrase “place majesty upon” see Num 27:20 and 1 Chr 29:25.