Psalms 50:4

50:4 He summons the heavens above,

as well as the earth, so that he might judge his people. ¹ 

Psalms 148:4

148:4 Praise him, O highest heaven,

and you waters above the sky! ² 

[50:4]  ¹ tn Or perhaps “to testify against his people.”

[148:4]  ² sn The “water” mentioned here corresponds to the “waters above” mentioned in Gen 1:7. See also Ps 104:3. For a discussion of the picture envisioned by the psalmist, see L. I. J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World, 47.