Psalms 50:11

50:11 I keep track of ¹  every bird in the hills,

and the insects ²  of the field are mine.

Psalms 78:27

78:27 He rained down meat on them like dust,

birds as numerous as the sand on the seashores. ³ 

Psalms 104:12

104:12 The birds of the sky live beside them;

they chirp among the bushes. ⁴ 

[50:11]  ¹ tn Heb “I know.”

[50:11]  ² tn The precise referent of the Hebrew word, which occurs only here and in Ps 80:13, is uncertain. Aramaic, Arabic and Akkadian cognates refer to insects, such as locusts or crickets.

[78:27]  ³ tn Heb “and like the sand of the seas winged birds.”

[104:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “among the thick foliage they give a sound.”