Psalms 147:14

147:14 He ¹  brings peace to your territory. ² 

He abundantly provides for you ³  the best grain.

Psalms 66:9

66:9 He preserves our lives ⁴ 

and does not allow our feet to slip.

Psalms 104:3

104:3 and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. ⁵ 

He makes the clouds his chariot,

and travels along on the wings of the wind. ⁶ 

[147:14]  ¹ tn Heb “the one who.”

[147:14]  ² tn Heb “he makes your boundary peace.”

[147:14]  ³ tn Heb “satisfies you with.”

[66:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “the one who places our soul in life.”

[104:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “one who lays the beams on water [in] his upper rooms.” The “water” mentioned here corresponds to the “waters above” mentioned in Gen 1:7. For a discussion of the picture envisioned by the psalmist, see L. I. J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World, 44-45.

[104:3]  ⁸ sn Verse 3 may depict the Lord riding a cherub, which is in turn propelled by the wind current. Another option is that the wind is personified as a cherub. See Ps 18:10 and the discussion of ancient Near Eastern parallels to the imagery in M. Weinfeld, “‘Rider of the Clouds’ and ‘Gatherer of the Clouds’,” JANESCU 5 (1973): 422-24.