Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The waters saw you, God, the waters saw you and writhed; the very depths were convulsed. New Living Translation When the Red Sea saw you, O God, its waters looked and trembled! The sea quaked to its very depths. English Standard Version When the waters saw you, O God, when the waters saw you, they were afraid; indeed, the deep trembled. Berean Standard Bible The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken. King James Bible The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled. New King James Version The waters saw You, O God; The waters saw You, they were afraid; The depths also trembled. New American Standard Bible The waters saw You, God; The waters saw You, they were in anguish; The ocean depths also trembled. NASB 1995 The waters saw You, O God; The waters saw You, they were in anguish; The deeps also trembled. NASB 1977 The waters saw Thee, O God; The waters saw Thee, they were in anguish; The deeps also trembled. Legacy Standard Bible The waters saw You, O God; The waters saw You, they were in anguish; The deeps also trembled. Amplified Bible The waters [of the Red Sea] saw You, O God; The waters saw You, they were in anguish; The deeps also trembled. Christian Standard Bible The water saw you, God. The water saw you; it trembled. Even the depths shook. Holman Christian Standard Bible The waters saw You, God. The waters saw You; they trembled. Even the depths shook. American Standard Version The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled. Contemporary English Version The ocean looked at you, God, and it trembled deep down with fear. English Revised Version The waters saw thee, O God; the waters saw thee, they were afraid: the depths also trembled. GOD'S WORD® Translation The water saw you, O God. The water saw you and shook. Even the depths of the sea trembled. Good News Translation When the waters saw you, O God, they were afraid, and the depths of the sea trembled. International Standard Version The waters saw you, God; the waters saw you and writhed. Indeed, the depths of the sea quaked. Majority Standard Bible The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken. NET Bible The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and trembled. Yes, the depths of the sea shook with fear. New Heart English Bible The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed. Webster's Bible Translation The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were disturbed. World English Bible The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe waters have seen You, O God, "" The waters have seen You, "" They are afraid—also depths are troubled. Young's Literal Translation The waters have seen Thee, O God, The waters have seen Thee, They are afraid -- also depths are troubled. Smith's Literal Translation The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they will tremble, also the depths will be moved. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee: and they were afraid, and the depths were troubled. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible The waters saw you, God; the waters saw you and lashed about, even the deeps of the sea trembled. New Revised Standard Version When the waters saw you, O God, when the waters saw you, they were afraid; the very deep trembled. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid; the depths also were troubled. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The waters saw you, oh, God, the waters saw you and they feared and even the depths shook! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The waters saw Thee, O God; The waters saw Thee, they were in pain; The depths also trembled. Brenton Septuagint Translation The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and feared; and the depths were troubled. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context In The Day of Trouble I Sought the LORD…15With power You redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah 16The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken. 17The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth.… Cross References Exodus 14:21-22 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, / and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left. 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, / the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho. Isaiah 43:16 Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters, Habakkuk 3:10 The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high. Nahum 1:4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts. Psalm 114:3-5 The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back; / the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. / Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back, Job 26:12 By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab. Isaiah 51:10 Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over? Psalm 89:9 You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them. Psalm 93:3-4 The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves. / Above the roar of many waters—the mighty breakers of the sea—the LORD on high is majestic. Matthew 8:26-27 “You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm. / The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!” Mark 4:39-41 Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm. / “Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?” / Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?” Luke 8:24-25 The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm. / “Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!” John 6:18-21 A strong wind was blowing, and the sea grew agitated. / When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified. / But Jesus spoke up: “It is I; do not be afraid.” ... Revelation 15:2 And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps from God, Treasury of Scripture The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled. Psalm 114:3-6 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back… Exodus 14:21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. Joshua 3:15,16 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) … Jump to Previous Afraid Anguish Convulsed Deep Deeps Depths Disturbed Fear Pain Trembled Troubled Waters WrithedJump to Next Afraid Anguish Convulsed Deep Deeps Depths Disturbed Fear Pain Trembled Troubled Waters WrithedPsalm 77 1. The psalmist shows what fierce combat he had with distrust10. The victory which he had by consideration of God's great and gracious works. The waters saw You, O God In this phrase, "the waters" can be understood as a representation of chaos and disorder, often symbolizing the primordial forces that God subdued during creation. The Hebrew word for "waters" is "mayim," which frequently appears in the Old Testament to denote both literal and metaphorical bodies of water. The act of the waters "seeing" God suggests a recognition of His supreme authority and power. In the ancient Near Eastern context, water deities were common, but here, the waters themselves acknowledge the one true God, Yahweh, as sovereign. This imagery evokes the parting of the Red Sea, where the waters literally responded to God's command, demonstrating His control over nature. the waters saw You and swirled even the depths were shaken (16) The waters saw thee.--Possibly alluding to the "look" which troubled the Egyptians (Exodus 14:24). Were afraid.--Better, writhed, as in travail pains. Went abroad--i.e., darted hither and thither. The arrows are the lightnings. Verse 16. - The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee. Professor Cheyne regards this and the three following verses as not belonging properly to this psalm, but a "fragment of another," accidentally transferred to this place. But most commentators see in the passage a most essential portion of the poem. It is the thought of the deliverance from Egypt that especially sustains and comforts the psalmist in his extreme distress. The passage is prepared for by vers. 11 and 14, and is exegetical of ver. 15. They were afraid. They shrank from the sight of God, and made a way for his people to pass over. The depths also were troubled. The very abysses trembled with fear, and moved themselves, leaving the bottom of the sea dry (see Exodus 14:29).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The watersמַּ֨יִם ׀ (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen saw You, רָ֘א֤וּךָ (rā·’ū·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | second person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see O God; אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים (’ĕlō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative the waters מַּ֣יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen saw You רָא֣וּךָ (rā·’ū·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | second person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see and swirled; יָחִ֑ילוּ (yā·ḥî·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert even אַ֝֗ף (’ap̄) Conjunction Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though the depths תְהֹמֽוֹת׃ (ṯə·hō·mō·wṯ) Noun - common plural Strong's 8415: An abyss, the deep were shaken. יִרְגְּז֥וּ (yir·gə·zū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7264: To be agitated, quiver, quake, be excited, perturbed Links Psalm 77:16 NIVPsalm 77:16 NLT Psalm 77:16 ESV Psalm 77:16 NASB Psalm 77:16 KJV Psalm 77:16 BibleApps.com Psalm 77:16 Biblia Paralela Psalm 77:16 Chinese Bible Psalm 77:16 French Bible Psalm 77:16 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 77:16 The waters saw you God (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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