Discovery BoxPsalms 8:8 
Context8:8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea
and everything that moves through the currents 1 of the seas.
Psalms 66:6
Context66:6 He turned the sea into dry land; 2
they passed through the river on foot. 3
Let us rejoice in him there! 4
Psalms 78:26
Context78:26 He brought the east wind through the sky,
and by his strength led forth the south wind.
Psalms 78:52
Context78:52 Yet he brought out his people like sheep;
he led them through the wilderness like a flock.
Psalms 90:1
ContextBook 4
(Psalms 90-106)
A prayer of Moses, the man of God.
90:1 O Lord, you have been our protector 6 through all generations!
Psalms 107:4
Context107:4 They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road;
they found no city in which to live.
1 tn Heb “paths.”
2 sn He turned the sea into dry land. The psalmist alludes to Israel’s crossing the Red Sea (Exod 14:21).
3 tn Because of the reference to “the river,” some understand this as an allusion to Israel’s crossing the Jordan River. However, the Hebrew term נָהָר (nahad) does not always refer to a “river” in the technical sense; it can be used of sea currents (see Jonah 2:4). So this line may also refer to the Red Sea crossing (cf. NEB).
4 tn The adverb שָׁם (sham, “there”) is used here, as often in poetic texts, to point “to a spot in which a scene is localized vividly in the imagination” (BDB 1027 s.v.).
5 sn Psalm 90. In this communal lament the worship leader affirms that the eternal God and creator of the world has always been Israel’s protector. But God also causes men, who are as transient as grass, to die, and in his fierce anger he decimates his covenant community, whose brief lives are filled with suffering and end in weakness. The community asks for wisdom, the restoration of God’s favor, a fresh revelation of his power, and his blessing upon their labors.
