Psalms 89:5

89:5 O Lord, the heavens praise your amazing deeds,

as well as your faithfulness in the angelic assembly.

Psalms 89:7

89:7 a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly,

and more awesome than all who surround him?


tn As the following context makes clear, the personified “heavens” here stand by metonymy for the angelic beings that surround God’s heavenly throne.

tn Heb “in the assembly of the holy ones.” The phrase “holy ones” sometimes refers to God’s people (Ps 34:9) or to their priestly leaders (2 Chr 35:3), but here it refers to God’s heavenly assembly and the angels that surround his throne (see vv. 6-7).

tn Heb “feared.”

tn Heb “in the great assembly of the holy ones.”

tn Or perhaps “feared by.”