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The Psalms: Language for All Seasons of the Soul brings together essays from eighteen Old Testament scholars discussing the latest in Psalms scholarship and applying exegetical insights to the life of faith. These essays explore the full range of emotion expressed in the Psalms—from elation to distress—while weaving together observations from biblical scholarship and theology. The reader will...

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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