Jacob, his statutes and ordinances to Israel” (v. 19). Israel consequently does not understand the creative word mythically or naturalistically but in accord “with the word of law and lordship which was imparted to the chosen people.… Having had the word of law and lordship imparted to them, the chosen people came to know and understand the God who rules nature by his word, and who bears and sustains all creation” (H.-J. Kraus, Psalmen XV/I, 19724, 958 f.). Thus in the OT Yahweh’s creative word is