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.
80:13 The wild boars of the forest ruin it; 4
the insects 5 of the field feed on it.
104:11 They provide water for all the animals in the field;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
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 tn The Hebrew verb כִּרְסֵם (kirsem, “to eat away; to ruin”) occurs only here in the OT.
4 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.