clear. There is no indication of an underlying referent for the sea here, but usage of מים רבים, “great waters” (v. 4), elsewhere in the praise psalms suggests a historical referent (cf. Pss. 18:16; 29:3; 77:19). The placement of the psalm probably reflects such an interpretation of the sea in Psalm 93, for both Psalms 92 (vv. 9–11) and 94 (vv. 1–3) depict Yahweh as sovereign over the psalmist’s human enemies.31 The motif of the divine battle with the sea appears
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