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Psalms 104:9

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104:9 You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross,

so that they would not cover the earth again. 1 

Psalms 139:11

Context

139:11 If I were to say, “Certainly the darkness will cover me, 2 

and the light will turn to night all around me,” 3 

1 tn Heb “a boundary you set up, they will not cross, they will not return to cover the earth.”

2 tn The Hebrew verb שׁוּף (shuf), which means “to crush; to wound,” in Gen 3:15 and Job 9:17, is problematic here. For a discussion of attempts to relate the verb to Arabic roots, see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 251. Many emend the form to יְשׂוּכֵּנִי (yesukkeniy), from the root שׂכך (“to cover,” an alternate form of סכך), a reading assumed in the present translation.

3 tn Heb “and night, light, around me.”



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