Psalms 119:83

119:83 For ¹  I am like a wineskin ²  dried up in smoke. ³ 

I do not forget your statutes.

Psalms 148:8

148:8 O fire and hail, snow and clouds, ⁴ 

O stormy wind that carries out his orders, ⁵ 

[119:83]  ¹ tn Or “even though.”

[119:83]  ² tn The Hebrew word נֹאד (no’d, “leather container”) refers to a container made from animal skin which is used to hold wine or milk (see Josh 9:4, 13; Judg 4:19; 1 Sam 16:20).

[119:83]  ³ tn Heb “in the smoke.”

[148:8]  ⁴ tn In Ps 119:83 the noun refers to “smoke,” but here, where the elements of nature are addressed, the clouds, which resemble smoke, are probably in view.

[148:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “[that] does his word.”