81:4 For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel; 1
it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob.
99:7 He spoke to them from a pillar of cloud; 2
they obeyed his regulations and the ordinance he gave them.
1 tn Heb “because a statute for Israel [is] it.”
2 sn A pillar of cloud. The psalmist refers to the reality described in Exod 33:9-10; Num 12:5; and Deut 31:15.