Psalms 72:8

72:8 May he rule ¹  from sea to sea, ² 

and from the Euphrates River ³  to the ends of the earth!

Psalms 78:13

78:13 He divided the sea and led them across it;

he made the water stand in a heap.

Psalms 104:6

104:6 The watery deep covered it ⁴  like a garment;

the waters reached ⁵  above the mountains. ⁶ 

Psalms 105:41

105:41 He opened up a rock and water flowed out;

a river ran through dry regions.

Psalms 106:11

106:11 The water covered their enemies;

not even one of them survived. ⁷ 

Psalms 119:136

119:136 Tears stream down from my eyes, ⁸ 

because people ⁹  do not keep your law.

Psalms 147:18

147:18 He then orders it all to melt; ¹⁰ 

he breathes on it, ¹¹  and the water flows.

[72:8]  ¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is a (shortened) jussive form, indicating this is a prayer of blessing.

[72:8]  ² sn From sea to sea. This may mean from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Dead Sea in the east. See Amos 8:12. The language of this and the following line also appears in Zech 9:10.

[72:8]  ³ tn Heb “the river,” a reference to the Euphrates.

[104:6]  ⁴ tc Heb “you covered it.” The masculine suffix is problematic if the grammatically feminine noun “earth” is the antecedent. For this reason some emend the form to a feminine verb with feminine suffix, כִּסַּתָּה (kisattah, “[the watery deep] covered it [i.e., the earth]”), a reading assumed by the present translation.

[104:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “stood.”

[104:6]  ⁶ sn Verse 6 refers to the condition described in Gen 1:2 (note the use of the Hebrew term תְּהוֹם [tÿhom, “watery deep”] in both texts).

[106:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “remained.”

[119:136]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “[with] flowing streams my eyes go down.”

[119:136]  ¹¹ tn Heb “they”; even though somewhat generic, the referent (people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[147:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “he sends his word and melts them.”

[147:18]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “he blows his breath.”