Mazmur 65:7

65:7 You calm the raging seas ¹ 

and their roaring waves,

as well as the commotion made by the nations. ² 

Mazmur 89:9

89:9 You rule over the proud sea. ³ 

When its waves surge, ⁴  you calm them.

Mazmur 104:6-9

104:6 The watery deep covered it ⁵  like a garment;

the waters reached ⁶  above the mountains. ⁷ 

104:7 Your shout made the waters retreat;

at the sound of your thunderous voice they hurried off –

104:8 as the mountains rose up,

and the valleys went down –

to the place you appointed for them. ⁸ 

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

so that they would not cover the earth again. ⁹ 

[65:7]  ¹ tn Heb “the roar of the seas.”

[65:7]  ² sn The raging seas…the commotion made by the nations. The raging seas symbolize the turbulent nations of the earth (see Ps 46:2-3, 6; Isa 17:12).

[89:9]  ³ tn Heb “the majesty of the sea.”

[89:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “rise up.”

[104:6]  ⁵ tc Heb “you covered it.” The masculine suffix is problematic if the grammatically feminine noun “earth” is the antecedent. For this reason some emend the form to a feminine verb with feminine suffix, כִּסַּתָּה (kisattah, “[the watery deep] covered it [i.e., the earth]”), a reading assumed by the present translation.

[104:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “stood.”

[104:6]  ⁷ sn Verse 6 refers to the condition described in Gen 1:2 (note the use of the Hebrew term תְּהוֹם [tÿhom, “watery deep”] in both texts).

[104:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “from your shout they fled, from the sound of your thunder they hurried off.”

[104:8]  sn Verses 7-8 poetically depict Gen 1:9-10.

[104:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “a boundary you set up, they will not cross, they will not return to cover the earth.”