Psalms 8:8

8:8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea

and everything that moves through the currents ¹  of the seas.

Psalms 71:19

71:19 Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; ² 

you have done great things. ³ 

O God, who can compare to you? ⁴ 

Psalms 72:5

72:5 People will fear ⁵  you ⁶  as long as the sun and moon remain in the sky,

for generation after generation. ⁷ 

Psalms 147:8

147:8 He covers ⁸  the sky with clouds,

provides the earth with rain,

and causes grass to grow on the hillsides. ⁹ 

[8:8]  ¹ tn Heb “paths.”

[71:19]  ² tn Heb “your justice, O God, [is] unto the height.” The Hebrew term מָרוֹם (marom, “height”) is here a title for the sky/heavens.

[71:19]  ³ tn Heb “you who have done great things.”

[71:19]  ⁴ tn Or “Who is like you?”

[72:5]  ³ tn In this context “fear” probably means “to demonstrate respect for the Lord’s power and authority by worshiping him and obeying his commandments.” See Ps 33:8. Some interpreters, with the support of the LXX, prefer to read וְיַאֲרִיךְ (vÿ’a’arikh, “and he [the king in this case] will prolong [days]”), that is, “will live a long time” (cf. NIV, NRSV).

[72:5]  ⁴ tn God is the addressee (see vv. 1-2).

[72:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “with [the] sun, and before [the] moon [for] a generation, generations.” The rare expression דּוֹר דּוֹרִים (dor dorim, “generation, generations”) occurs only here, in Ps 102:24, and in Isa 51:8.

[147:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the one who covers.”

[147:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “hills.”