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Psalms 77:16

God's power and sovereignty

14 You are the God who works wonders; You display Your strength among the peoples.

15 With power You redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.

17 The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth.

18 Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.
KJV
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
WEB
The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.
ASV
The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
DARBY
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they trembled, yea, the depths were troubled:
BLB
the waters saw You, O God, the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths trembled.
ÅB
Vannene så deg, Gud, vannene så deg, de bevet, ja avgrunnene skalv.
OTB
Vannene så Deg, Gud;
Vannene så Deg og var i angst;
Havdypene skalv også.
B1930
Vannene så dig, Gud, vannene så dig, de bevet, ja avgrunnene skalv.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 14:21

    Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

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  • Habakkuk 3:15

    You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.

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  • Joshua 3:15–16

    Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,

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  • Psalms 114:3–6

    The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;

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  • Habakkuk 3:8–10

    Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?

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