The sky. Even though he made heaven and earth the heavenly government, and he has no man in them, but the governance of the land to human beings, and the people must know and recognize that he is master and they will be responsible for it when he wants to remove them as the clerks and wait for others. He said after here, "The dead will not praise them." The Lord, blessed be He, whom the Lord God blessed before the appointed time, shall die in their punishment, whom they have not known in life, that He is Lord, and they shall not see Him. That their lives would be lost in their deaths:
Robert Alter translation comments for the book of Psalms:
"16. The heavens are heavens for the LORD, / and the earth He has given to humankind. This line picks up the idea put forth in verse 3: God is enthroned above in the heavens but has bestowed the realm of earth to humankind for its enjoyment and fulfillment."
Radak on Psalms 115:16
ReplyDeleteThe sky. Even though he made heaven and earth the heavenly government, and he has no man in them, but the governance of the land to human beings, and the people must know and recognize that he is master and they will be responsible for it when he wants to remove them as the clerks and wait for others. He said after here, "The dead will not praise them." The Lord, blessed be He, whom the Lord God blessed before the appointed time, shall die in their punishment, whom they have not known in life, that He is Lord, and they shall not see Him. That their lives would be lost in their deaths:
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https://www.sefaria.org/Psalms.115.16?lang=bi&with=Radak&lang2=en
Robert Alter translation comments for the book of Psalms:
ReplyDelete"16. The heavens are heavens for the LORD, / and the earth He has given to humankind. This line picks up the idea put forth in verse 3: God is enthroned above in the heavens but has bestowed the realm of earth to humankind for its enjoyment and fulfillment."