Psalms 50:11
Context50:11 I keep track of 1 every bird in the hills,
and the insects 2 of the field are mine.
Psalms 76:4
Context76:4 You shine brightly and reveal your majesty,
as you descend from the hills where you killed your prey. 3
Psalms 87:1
ContextWritten by the Korahites; a psalm, a song.
1 tn Heb “I know.”
2 tn The precise referent of the Hebrew word, which occurs only here and in Ps 80:13, is uncertain. Aramaic, Arabic and Akkadian cognates refer to insects, such as locusts or crickets.
3 tn Heb “radiant [are] you, majestic from the hills of prey.” God is depicted as a victorious king and as a lion that has killed its victims.
4 sn Psalm 87. The psalmist celebrates the Lord’s presence in Zion and the special status of its citizens.
5 tn Heb “his foundation [is] in the hills of holiness.” The expression “his foundation” refers here by metonymy to the