8:7 including all the sheep and cattle,
as well as the wild animals, 1
50:11 I keep track of 2 every bird in the hills,
and the insects 3 of the field are mine.
78:12 He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors,
in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. 4
78:43 when he performed his awesome deeds 5 in Egypt,
and his acts of judgment 6 in the region of Zoan.
80:13 The wild boars of the forest ruin it; 7
the insects 8 of the field feed on it.
103:15 A person’s life is like grass. 9
Like a flower in the field it flourishes,
104:11 They provide water for all the animals in the field;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
107:37 They cultivated 10 fields,
and planted vineyards,
which yielded a harvest of fruit. 11
1 tn Heb “and also the beasts of the field.”
2 tn Heb “I know.”
3 tn The precise referent of the Hebrew word, which occurs only here and in Ps 80:13, is uncertain. Aramaic, Arabic and Akkadian cognates refer to insects, such as locusts or crickets.
3 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).
4 tn Or “signs” (see Ps 65:8).
5 tn Or “portents, omens” (see Ps 71:7). The Egyptian plagues are referred to here (see vv. 44-51).
5 tn The Hebrew verb כִּרְסֵם (kirsem, “to eat away; to ruin”) occurs only here in the OT.
6 tn The precise referent of the Hebrew word translated “insects,” which occurs only here and in Ps 50:11, is uncertain. Aramaic, Arabic, and Akkadian cognates refer to insects, such as locusts or crickets.
6 tn Heb “[as for] mankind, like grass [are] his days.” The Hebrew noun אֱנוֹשׁ (’enosh) is used here generically of human beings. What is said is true of all mankind.
7 tn Heb “sowed seed in.”
8 tn Heb “fruit [as] produce.”