75:3 When the earth and all its inhabitants dissolve in fear, 1
I make its pillars secure.” 2 (Selah)
99:7 He spoke to them from a pillar of cloud; 3
they obeyed his regulations and the ordinance he gave them.
1 tn Heb “melt.”
2 tn The statement is understood in a generalizing sense; God typically prevents the world from being overrun by chaos. One could take this as referring to an anticipated event, “I will make its pillars secure.”
3 sn A pillar of cloud. The psalmist refers to the reality described in Exod 33:9-10; Num 12:5; and Deut 31:15.