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 80:13

80:13 The wild boars of the forest ruin it; ³ 

the insects ⁴  of the field feed on it.

[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.

[80:13]  ³ tn The Hebrew verb כִּרְסֵם (kirsem, “to eat away; to ruin”) occurs only here in the OT.

[80:13]  ⁴ tn The precise referent of the Hebrew word translated “insects,” which occurs only here and in Ps 50:11, is uncertain. Aramaic, Arabic, and Akkadian cognates refer to insects, such as locusts or crickets.