translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: PSA

label: NET translator note

text: Or “cut.”


text: Heb “Reed Sea” (also in v. 15 ). “Reed Sea” (or “Sea of Reeds”) is a more accurate rendering of the Hebrew expression יָם סוּף ( yam suf ), traditionally translated “Red Sea.” See the note on the term “Red Sea” in Exod 13:18 .


text: Heb “into pieces.”


text: Or “shook off.”


text: Heb “who, in our low condition, remembered us.”


text: Heb “to all flesh,” which can refer to all people (see Pss 65:2; 145:21 ) or more broadly to mankind and animals. Elsewhere the psalms view God as the provider for all living things (see Pss 104:27-28; 145:15 ).