90:11 Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? 1
Your raging fury causes people to fear you. 2
147:8 He covers 3 the sky with clouds,
provides the earth with rain,
and causes grass to grow on the hillsides. 4
1 tn Heb “Who knows the strength of your anger?”
2 tn Heb “and like your fear [is] your raging fury.” Perhaps one should emend וּכְיִרְאָתְךְ (ukhyir’otekh, “and like your fear”) to יִרְאָתְךְ (yir’otkh, “your fear”), understanding a virtual dittography (אַפֶּךָ וּכְיִרְאָתְךְ, ’apekha ukhyir’otekh) to have occurred. In this case the psalmist asserts “your fear [is] your raging fury,” that is, your raging fury is what causes others to fear you. The suffix on “fear” is understood as objective.
3 tn Heb “the one who covers.”
4 tn Heb “hills.”