uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-poetry

General Information:

(Some words not found in UHB: psalm of,Asaph Mighty_One_of ʼElohīm YHWH he/it_had_said and=he/it_called earth from,rising_of sun until setting_of,its )

General Information:

This psalm is a song that teaches people. Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See also: figs-parallelism)

The Mighty One, God, Yahweh

(Some words not found in UHB: psalm of,Asaph Mighty_One_of ʼElohīm YHWH he/it_had_said and=he/it_called earth from,rising_of sun until setting_of,its )

The author uses three different names to speak of God.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

called the earth

(Some words not found in UHB: psalm of,Asaph Mighty_One_of ʼElohīm YHWH he/it_had_said and=he/it_called earth from,rising_of sun until setting_of,its )

Here the word “earth” refers to the people who live on the earth. Alternate translation: “called all people”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

from the rising of the sun to its setting

(Some words not found in UHB: psalm of,Asaph Mighty_One_of ʼElohīm YHWH he/it_had_said and=he/it_called earth from,rising_of sun until setting_of,its )

This phrase refers to the directions east, where the sun rises, and west, where the sun sets. The writer uses these two extremes to represent everywhere on earth. Alternate translation: “everywhere on earth”