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Psalms 77:16
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When the waters saw you, O God, when the waters saw you, they were afraid; indeed, the deep trembled.
The waters sawe thee, O God: the waters sawe thee, and were afraide: yea, the depths trembled.
The water saw you, God.The water saw you; it trembled.Even the depths shook.
The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.
God, the water saw you and became afraid. The deep water shook with fear.
The waters [of the Red Sea] saw You, O God; The waters saw You, they were in anguish; The deeps also trembled.
The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
The ocean looked at you, God, and it trembled deep down with fear.
With your arm you redeemed your people, the descendants of Ya‘akov and Yosef. (Selah)
Thou hast with Thine arm redeemed Thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee: they were afraid; the depths also were troubled.
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and feared; and the depths were troubled.
The waters saw thee, O God; the waters saw thee, they were afraid: the depths also trembled.
The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.
Waters saw you, O God; waters saw you and they trembled. Surely the deeps shook.
The waters saw You, O God, the waters saw You; they were afraid; yea, the deeps trembled.
God, the waters saw you; they saw you and became afraid; the deep waters shook with fear.
The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and trembled. Yes, the depths of the sea shook with fear.
The waters saw You, O God; The waters saw You, they were afraid; The depths also trembled.
When the Red Sea saw you, O God, its waters looked and trembled! The sea quaked to its very depths.
The waters saw You, O God. The waters saw You and shook. The sea shook also.
The waters saw thee, O God, The waters saw thee, They were in birth-throes, Yea the resounding deeps were stirred;
(76-17) The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee: and they were afraid, and the depths were troubled.
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid; the depths also were troubled.
When the waters saw you, O God, they were afraid, and the depths of the sea trembled.
The waters saw You, God; The waters saw You, they were in anguish; The ocean depths also trembled.
The waters sawe thee O God, the waters sawe thee, they feared: yea the depthes of them moued out of their place.
When the waters saw you, O God, when the waters saw you, they were afraid; the very deep trembled.
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they trembled, yea, the depths were troubled:
God, watris sien thee, watris sien thee, and dredden; and depthis of watris weren disturblid.
The waters have seen Thee, O God, The waters have seen Thee, They are afraid -- also depths are troubled.
The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.
When the waters saw thee, O God, when the waters saw thee, they were afraid, yea, the deep trembled.
The waters saw you, O God; The waters saw you, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were disturbed.
The waters saw you, O God; the waters saw you, they were in fear: even the deep was troubled.
Sela. The waters sawe ye (o God) ye waters sawe ye, & were afrayed: ye depthes were moued.
Ocean saw you in action, God, saw you and trembled with fear; Deep Ocean was scared to death. Clouds belched buckets of rain, Sky exploded with thunder, your arrows flashing this way and that. From Whirlwind came your thundering voice, Lightning exposed the world, Earth reeled and rocked. You strode right through Ocean, walked straight through roaring Ocean, but nobody saw you come or go.
The waters saw You, O God; The waters saw You, they were in anguish; The deeps also trembled.
The waters saw You, O God;The waters saw You, they were in anguish;The deeps also trembled.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 114:3-6, Exodus 14:21, Joshua 3:15, Joshua 3:16, Habakkuk 3:8-10, Habakkuk 3:15
Reciprocal: Exodus 14:24 - looked unto Joshua 4:23 - which he dried 1 Samuel 7:10 - thundered 2 Samuel 22:14 - thundered Job 36:29 - the noise Psalms 29:3 - The voice Psalms 68:9 - didst Psalms 104:32 - looketh Ecclesiastes 12:2 - nor Ezekiel 1:18 - they were so Ezekiel 38:22 - an overflowing Habakkuk 3:10 - the overflowing Zechariah 10:11 - smite 1 Corinthians 10:1 - and all
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The waters saw thee, O God,.... The waters not of Jordan, but of the Red sea; these felt and perceived the power of God, in causing a strong east wind, which dried it up, and made way for the children of Israel to pass through it as on dry land: compare with this
Psalms 114:3,
the waters saw thee; which is repeated for the confirmation of it, and to excite attention to it, as well as to express the psalmist's admiration at it; the Targum is,
"they saw thy majesty in the midst of the sea, O God; they saw thy power upon the sea;''
not the Egyptians, but the sons of Jacob and Joseph; the old Syriac church understood these waters of the waters of Jordan, at the baptism of Christ, when in their way they saw the incarnate God, and felt his sacred body laid in them, by which he was made manifest to Israel; but Jerom better interprets them, by the help of
Revelation 17:15 of people, nations, and tongues; some of which saw Christ corporeally, others spiritually, and by faith, as preached in the Gospel to the Gentile world:
they were afraid; of the majesty of God, obeyed their Sovereign, of whom they stood in awe, gave way unto him, and fled at his rebuke, see
Psalms 114:5 or "were in pain" z, as a woman in travail, as were the Gentile world at the preaching of the Gospel of redemption and salvation by Christ, Romans 8:22,
the depths also were troubled; not only the surface, or waves of the waters, were moved by the strong east wind, through the power of God, but the bottom of the sea was reached by it; the depths were congealed in the midst of it, the channels of water were seen, and the foundation of the world discovered, and the children of Israel went through the deep as on dry land, see Exodus 15:8.
z חילו "parturierunt", Montanus, Vatablus; "dolore corruptae sunt, videl dolore parturientium", Piscator; so Ainsworth.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The waters saw thee ... - The waters of the Red Sea and the Jordan. There is great sublimity in this expression; in representing the waters as conscious of the presence of God, and as fleeing in consternation at his presence. Compare Revelation 20:11; Habakkuk 3:10-11.
They were afraid - On the word used here - חול chûl - see Psalms 10:5, note; Psalms 55:4, note. It may mean here to tremble or quake, as in pain Deuteronomy 2:25; Joel 2:6. - Alarm, distress, anguish, came over the waters at the presence of God; and they trembled, and fled.
The depths also were troubled - The deep waters, or the waters “in” the depths. It was not a ripple on the surface; but the very depths - the usually calm and undisturbed waters that lie below the surface - were heaved into commotion at the divine presence.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 77:16. The waters saw thee — What a fine image! He represents God approaching the Red Sea; and the waters, seeing him, took fright, and ran off before him, dividing to the right and left to let him pass. I have not found any thing more majestic than this.
The depths also were troubled. — Every thing appears here to have life and perception. The waters see the Almighty, do not wait his coming, but in terror flee away! The deeps, uncovered, are astonished at the circumstance; and as they cannot fly, they are filled with trouble and dismay. Under the hand of such a poet, inanimate nature springs into life; all thinks, speaks, acts; all is in motion, and the dismay is general.
