57:5 Rise up 1 above the sky, O God!
May your splendor cover the whole earth! 2
57:11 Rise up 3 above the sky, O God!
May your splendor cover the whole earth! 4
83:16 Cover 5 their faces with shame,
so they might seek 6 you, 7 O Lord.
108:5 Rise up 8 above the sky, O God!
May your splendor cover the whole earth! 9
1 tn Or “be exalted.”
2 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.)
3 tn Or “be exalted.”
4 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.)
5 tn Heb “fill.”
6 tn After the preceding imperative, the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose or result (“then they will seek”).
7 tn Heb “your name,” which stands here for God’s person.
8 tn Or “be exalted.”
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.)