Psalms 18:9

18:9 He made the sky sink ¹  as he descended;

a thick cloud was under his feet.

Psalms 44:25

44:25 For we lie in the dirt,

with our bellies pressed to the ground. ² 

Psalms 72:11

72:11 All kings will bow down to him;

all nations will serve him.

Psalms 75:7

75:7 For God is the judge! ³ 

He brings one down and exalts another. ⁴ 

[18:9]  ¹ tn The Hebrew verb נָטָה (natah) can carry the sense “[cause to] bend, bow down.” For example, Gen 49:15 pictures Issachar as a donkey that “bends” its shoulder or back under a burden. Here the Lord causes the sky, pictured as a dome or vault, to sink down as he descends in the storm.

[44:25]  ² tn Heb “for our being/life sinks down to the dirt, our belly clings to the earth.” The suffixed form of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being, life”) is often equivalent to a pronoun in poetic texts.

[75:7]  ³ tn Or “judges.”

[75:7]  ⁴ tn The imperfects here emphasize the generalizing nature of the statement.