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Psalms 77:18

God's power and sovereignty

16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.

The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

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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
Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
KJV
The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
WEB
The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.
ASV
The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook.
DARBY
The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind, lightnings lit up the world; the earth was troubled and it quaked.
BLB
The voice of Your thunder [was] in the whirlwind; the lightnings lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.
ÅB
Din tordens røst lød i stormhvirvelen, lyn lyste opp jorderike, jorden bevet og skalv.
OTB
Lyden av Din torden var i virvelvinden;
Lynet opplyste verden;
Jorden skalv og rystet.
B1930
Din tordens røst lød i stormhvirvelen, lyn lyste op jorderike, jorden bevet og skalv.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 97:4

    His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

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  • Revelation 11:19

    And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

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  • Matthew 27:51

    And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

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  • Matthew 28:2

    And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

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  • Judges 5:4

    LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.

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  • 2 Samuel 22:14

    The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.

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  • Exodus 19:16

    And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

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  • Habakkuk 3:4

    And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.

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