Psalms 33:7

33:7 He piles up the water of the sea; ¹ 

he puts the oceans ²  in storehouses.

Psalms 66:9

66:9 He preserves our lives ³ 

and does not allow our feet to slip.

Psalms 78:24

78:24 He rained down manna for them to eat;

he gave them the grain of heaven. ⁴ 

Psalms 78:66

78:66 He drove his enemies back;

he made them a permanent target for insults. ⁵ 

Psalms 115:16

115:16 The heavens belong to the Lord, ⁶ 

but the earth he has given to mankind. ⁷ 

Psalms 136:25

136:25 to the one who gives food to all living things, ⁸ 

for his loyal love endures.

Psalms 148:6

148:6 He established them so they would endure; ⁹ 

he issued a decree that will not be revoked. ¹⁰ 

[33:7]  ¹ tn Heb “[he] gathers like a pile the waters of the sea.” Some prefer to emend נֵד (ged, “heap, pile”; cf. NASB) to נֹד (nod, “bottle”; cf. NRSV; NIV “into jars”), but “pile” is used elsewhere to describe water that the Lord confines to one place (Exod 15:8; Josh 3:13, 16; Ps 78:13). This verse appears to refer to Gen 1:9, where God decrees that the watery deep be gathered to one place so that dry land might appear. If so, the participles in this and the following line depict this action with special vividness, as if the reader were present on the occasion. Another option is that the participles picture the confinement of the sea to one place as an ongoing divine activity.

[33:7]  ² tn Or “watery depths.” The form תְּהוֹמוֹת (tÿhomot, “watery depths”) is the plural form of תְּהוֹם (tÿhom, “great deep”; see Gen 1:2).

[66:9]  ³ tn Heb “the one who places our soul in life.”

[78:24]  ⁵ sn Manna was apparently shaped like a seed (Exod 16:31), perhaps explaining why it is here compared to grain.

[78:66]  ⁷ tn Heb “a permanent reproach he made them.”

[115:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “the heavens [are] heavens to the Lord.”

[115:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to the sons of man.”

[136:25]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to all flesh,” which can refer to all people (see Pss 65:2; 145:21) or more broadly to mankind and animals. Elsewhere the psalms view God as the provider for all living things (see Pss 104:27-28; 145:15).

[148:6]  ¹³ tn Or “forever and ever.”

[148:6]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and it will not pass away.”