Psalms 57:10-11

57:10 For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, ¹ 

and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

57:11 Rise up ²  above the sky, O God!

May your splendor cover the whole earth! ³ 

Psalms 89:2

89:2 For I say, “Loyal love is permanently established; ⁴ 

in the skies you set up your faithfulness.” ⁵ 

Psalms 89:5

89:5 O Lord, the heavens ⁶  praise your amazing deeds,

as well as your faithfulness in the angelic assembly. ⁷ 

Psalms 89:11

89:11 The heavens belong to you, as does the earth.

You made the world and all it contains. ⁸ 

Psalms 103:11

103:11 For as the skies are high above the earth,

so his loyal love towers ⁹  over his faithful followers. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 108:4-5

108:4 For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, ¹¹ 

and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

108:5 Rise up ¹²  above the sky, O God!

May your splendor cover the whole earth! ¹³ 

Psalms 146:6

146:6 the one who made heaven and earth,

the sea, and all that is in them,

who remains forever faithful, ¹⁴ 

Psalms 147:8

147:8 He covers ¹⁵  the sky with clouds,

provides the earth with rain,

and causes grass to grow on the hillsides. ¹⁶ 

[57:10]  ¹ tn Heb “for great upon the sky [or “heavens”] [is] your loyal love.”

[57:11]  ² tn Or “be exalted.”

[57:11]  ³ tn Heb “over all the earth [be] your splendor.” Though no verb appears, the tone of the statement is a prayer or wish. (Note the imperative form in the preceding line.)

[89:2]  ³ tn Heb “built.”

[89:2]  ⁴ sn You set up your faithfulness. This may allude to the Lord’s heavenly throne, which symbolizes his just rule and from which the Lord decrees his unconditional promises (see vv. 8, 14).

[89:5]  ⁴ tn As the following context makes clear, the personified “heavens” here stand by metonymy for the angelic beings that surround God’s heavenly throne.

[89:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the assembly of the holy ones.” The phrase “holy ones” sometimes refers to God’s people (Ps 34:9) or to their priestly leaders (2 Chr 35:3), but here it refers to God’s heavenly assembly and the angels that surround his throne (see vv. 6-7).

[89:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “the world and its fullness, you established them.”

[103:11]  ⁶ tn For this sense of the verb גָבַר (gavar), see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 17, 19.

[103:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “those who fear him.”

[108:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “for great upon the sky [or “heavens”] [is] your loyal love.”

[108:5]  ⁸ tn Or “be exalted.”

[108:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “over all the earth [be] your splendor.” Though no verb appears, the tone of the statement is a prayer or wish. (Note the imperative form in the preceding line.)

[146:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “the one who guards faithfulness forever.”

[147:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the one who covers.”

[147:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “hills.”