Discovery BoxPsalms 18:11 
Context18:11 He shrouded himself in darkness, 1
in thick rain clouds. 2
Psalms 33:13
Context33:13 The Lord watches 3 from heaven;
he sees all people. 4
Psalms 47:3
Context47:3 He subdued nations beneath us 5
and countries 6 under our feet.
Psalms 66:19
Context66:19 However, God heard;
he listened to my prayer.
Psalms 78:59
Context78:59 God heard and was angry;
he completely rejected Israel.
Psalms 103:9
Context103:9 He does not always accuse,
and does not stay angry. 7
Psalms 104:10
Context104:10 He turns springs into streams; 8
they flow between the mountains.
Psalms 105:28-29
Contextthey did not disobey his orders. 10
105:29 He turned their water into blood,
and killed their fish.
Psalms 105:31
Context105:31 He ordered flies to come; 11
gnats invaded their whole territory.
Psalms 106:15
Context106:15 He granted their request,
then struck them with a disease. 12
Psalms 106:33
Context106:33 for they aroused 13 his temper, 14
and he spoke rashly. 15
Psalms 106:46
Context106:46 He caused all their conquerors 16
to have pity on them.
Psalms 107:29
Context107:29 He calmed the storm, 17
and the waves 18 grew silent.
Psalms 115:13
Context115:13 He will bless his loyal followers, 19
both young and old. 20
Psalms 120:3
Context120:3 How will he severely punish you,
you deceptive talker? 21
Psalms 135:10
Context135:10 He defeated many nations,
and killed mighty kings –
Psalms 147:3
Context147:3 He heals 22 the brokenhearted,
and bandages their wounds.
1 tc Heb “he made darkness his hiding place around him, his covering.” 2 Sam 22:12 reads, “he made darkness around him coverings,” omitting “his hiding place” and pluralizing “covering.” Ps 18:11 may include a conflation of synonyms (“his hiding place” and “his covering”) or 2 Sam 22:12 may be the result of haplography/homoioarcton. Note that three successive words in Ps 18:11 begin with the Hebrew letter samek: סִתְרוֹ סְבִיבוֹתָיו סֻכָּתוֹ (sitro sÿvivotayv sukkato).
2 tc Heb “darkness of water, clouds of clouds.” The noun “darkness” (חֶשְׁכַת, kheshkhat) is probably a corruption of an original reading חשׁרת, a form that is preserved in 2 Sam 22:12. The latter is a construct form of חַשְׁרָה (khashrah, “sieve”) which occurs only here in the OT. A cognate Ugaritic noun means “sieve,” and a related verb חָשַׁר (khashar, “to sift”) is attested in postbiblical Hebrew and Aramaic. The phrase חַשְׁרַת מַיִם (khashrat mayim) means literally “a sieve of water.” It pictures the rain clouds as a sieve through which the rain falls to the ground (see F. M. Cross and D. N. Freedman, Studies in Ancient Yahwistic Poetry [SBLDS], 146, n. 33).
3 tn The Hebrew perfect verbal forms in v. 13 state general facts.
4 tn Heb “all the sons of men.”
5 tn On the meaning of the verb דָּבַר (davar, “subdue”), a homonym of דָּבַר (“speak”), see HALOT 209-10 s.v. I דבר. See also Ps 18:47 and 2 Chr 22:10. The preterite form of the verb suggests this is an historical reference and the next verse, which mentions the gift of the land, indicates that the conquest under Joshua is in view.
6 tn Or “peoples” (see Pss 2:1; 7:7; 9:8; 44:2).
7 tn The Hebrew verb נָטַר (natar) is usually taken to mean “to keep; to guard,” with “anger” being understood by ellipsis. The idiom “to guard anger” is then understood to mean “to remain angry” (see Lev 19:18; Jer 3:5, 12; Nah 1:2). However, it is possible that this is a homonymic root meaning “to be angry” (see HALOT 695 s.v. נטר).
8 tn Heb “[the] one who sends springs into streams.” Another option is to translate, “he sends streams [i.e., streams that originate from springs] into the valleys” (cf. NIV).
9 tn Heb “he sent darkness and made it dark.”
sn He made it dark. The psalmist begins with the ninth plague (see Exod 10:21-29).
10 tn Heb “they did not rebel against his words.” Apparently this refers to Moses and Aaron, who obediently carried out God’s orders.
11 tn Heb “he spoke and flies came.”
12 tn Heb “and he sent leanness into their being.”
sn Disease. See Num 11:33-34, where this plague is described.
13 tn The Hebrew text vocalizes the form as הִמְרוּ (himru), a Hiphil from מָרָה (marah, “to behave rebelliously”), but the verb fits better with the object (“his spirit”) if it is revocalized as הֵמֵרוּ (hemeru), a Hiphil from מָרַר (marar, “to be bitter”). The Israelites “embittered” Moses’ “spirit” in the sense that they aroused his temper with their complaints.
14 tn Heb “his spirit.”
15 tn The Hebrew text adds “with his lips,” but this has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
sn Verses 32-33 allude to the events of Num 20:1-13.
16 tn Or “captors.”
17 tn Heb “he raised [the] storm to calm.”
18 tn Heb “their waves.” The antecedent of the third masculine plural pronominal suffix is not readily apparent, unless it refers back to “waters” in v. 23.
19 tn Heb “the fearers of the
20 tn Heb “the small along with the great.” The translation assumes that “small” and “great” here refer to age (see 2 Chr 15:13). Another option is to translate “both the insignificant and the prominent” (see Job 3:19; cf. NEB “high and low alike”).
21 tn Heb “What will he give to you, and what will he add to you, O tongue of deception?” The psalmist addresses his deceptive enemies. The
22 tn Heb “the one who heals.”
