21:33 The clods of the torrent valley 1 are sweet to him;
behind him everybody follows in procession,
and before him goes a countless throng.
37:12 The clouds 2 go round in circles,
wheeling about according to his plans,
to carry out 3 all that he commands them
over the face of the whole inhabited world.
1 tn The clods are those that are used to make a mound over the body. And, for a burial in the valley, see Deut 34:6. The verse here sees him as participating in his funeral and enjoying it. Nothing seems to go wrong with the wicked.
2 tn The words “the clouds” are supplied from v. 11; the sentence itself actually starts: “and it goes round,” referring to the cloud.
3 tn Heb “that it may do.”