8:8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea
and everything that moves through the currents 1 of the seas.
72:8 May he rule 2 from sea to sea, 3
and from the Euphrates River 4 to the ends of the earth!
1 tn Heb “paths.”
2 tn The prefixed verbal form is a (shortened) jussive form, indicating this is a prayer of blessing.
3 sn From sea to sea. This may mean from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Dead Sea in the east. See Amos 8:12. The language of this and the following line also appears in Zech 9:10.
4 tn Heb “the river,” a reference to the Euphrates.