sn In BHS the chapter division occurs in a different place from the English BibleNET: 64:1 ET (63:19b HT) and 64:2–12 (64:1–11 HT). Beginning with 65:1 the verse numbers in the English Bible and the Hebrew Bible are again the same.

tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

tn Or “quake.” נָזֹלּוּ (nazollu) is from the verbal root זָלַל (zalal, “quake”; see HALOT 272 s.v. II זלל). Perhaps there is a verbal allusion to Judg 5:5, the only other passage where this verb occurs. In that passage the poet tells how the Lord’s appearance to do battle caused the mountains to shake.