33:8 Let the whole earth fear 1 the Lord!
Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him!
76:7 You are awesome! Yes, you!
Who can withstand your intense anger? 2
76:11 Make vows to the Lord your God and repay them!
Let all those who surround him 3 bring tribute to the awesome one!
1 tn In this context “fear” probably means “to demonstrate respect for the
2 tc Heb “and who can stand before you from the time of your anger?” The Hebrew expression מֵאָז (me’az, “from the time of”) is better emended to מֵאֹז (me’oz, “from [i.e., “because of”] the strength of your anger”; see Ps 90:11).
3 tn The phrase “all those who surround him” may refer to the surrounding nations (v. 12 may favor this), but in Ps 89:7 the phrase refers to God’s heavenly assembly.