Mazmur 148:4-5

148:4 Praise him, O highest heaven,

and you waters above the sky! ¹ 

148:5 Let them praise the name of the Lord,

for he gave the command and they came into existence.

[148:4]  ¹ sn The “water” mentioned here corresponds to the “waters above” mentioned in Gen 1:7. See also Ps 104:3. For a discussion of the picture envisioned by the psalmist, see L. I. J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World, 47.