80:10 The mountains were covered by its shadow,
the highest cedars 1 by its branches.
148:4 Praise him, O highest heaven,
and you waters above the sky! 2
1 tn Heb “cedars of God.” The divine name אֵל (’al, “God”) is here used in an idiomatic manner to indicate the superlative.
2 sn The “water” mentioned here corresponds to the “waters above” mentioned in Gen 1:7. See also Ps 104:3. For a discussion of the picture envisioned by the psalmist, see L. I. J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World, 47.