Psalms 89:10

⁸ O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.

⁹ You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.

You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

¹¹ The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.

¹² North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

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.

Compare

BSB: You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
KJV: Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
WEB: You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
ASV: Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
DARBY: Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
BLB: You crushed Rahab as one slain; with the arm of Your strength, You scattered Your enemies.

ÅB: Du har sønderknust Rahab[^1] som en ihjelslått; med din styrkes arm har du spredt dine fiender.
OTB: Du har knust Rahab som en som er drept;
Du spredte dine fiender med din mektige arm.
B1930: Du har sønderknust Rahab som en ihjelslått; med din styrkes arm har du spredt dine fiender. / < SLM 87, 4.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 87:4
“I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me— along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush — when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”
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Psalms 68:30
Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
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Psalms 144:6
Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
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Isaiah 24:1
Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
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Exodus 3:19–20
But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.
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Psalms 68:1
God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence.
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Psalms 105:27–45
They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
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Deuteronomy 4:34
Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
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