translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: PSA

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “from antiquity [are] you.” As the context suggests, this refers specifically to God’s royal position, not his personal existence.


text: The Hebrew noun translated “waves” often refers to rivers or streams, but here it appears to refer to the surging waves of the sea (see v. 4 , Ps 24:2 ).


text: Heb “the waves lift up, O Lord , the waves lift up their voice, the waves lift up their crashing.”


text: Heb “mighty waters.” sn The surging waters here symbolizes the hostile enemies of God who seek to destroy the order he has established in the world (see Pss 18:17; 29:3; 32:6; 77:20; 144:7 ; Isa 17:13 ; Jer 51:55 ; Ezek 26:19 ; Hab 3:15 ). But the Lord is depicted as elevated above and sovereign over these raging waters.


text: Heb “mighty on high [is] the Lord .”


text: Traditionally “your testimonies.” The Hebrew noun עֵדוּת (’ edut ) refers here to the demands of God’s covenant law. See Ps 19:7 .


text: Heb “for your house holiness is fitting, O Lord , for length of days.”