Psalms 77:16 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 77:16

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Homily 10, on Psalm 76 (420)

The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you, and they feared. For the moment let us speak according to the letter; let us cling to the earth for the sake of the simpler folk. When the people passed through the Red Sea and through the Jordan, the waters understood their Creator, and the people did not understand. And the depths were troubled. "The sea saw, and fled: the Jordan was turned back." The great sound of the waters. "The clouds shook out the waters," it has in the Hebrew. The clouds gave forth their voice.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 3 (1872)

The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid. As if conscious of its Maker's presence, the sea was ready to flee from before his face. The conception is highly poetical, the psalmist has the scene before his mind's eye, and describes it gloriously. The water saw its God, but man refuses to discern him; it was afraid, but proud sinners are rebellious and fear not the Lord. The depths also were troubled. To their heart the floods were made afraid.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
רָ֘א֤וּךָ	ra.'U.kha	they saw you	H7200 →
מַּ֨יִם׀	Ma.yim	[the] waters	H4325 →
אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים	'elo.Him	O God	H430 →
רָא֣וּךָ	ra.'U.kha	they saw you	H7200 →
מַּ֣יִם	Ma.yim	[the] waters	H4325 →
יָחִ֑ילוּ	ya.Chi.lu	they writhed in agony	H2342 →
אַ֝֗ף	'Af	also	H637 →
יִרְגְּז֥וּ	yir.ge.Zu	they trembled	H7264 →
תְהֹמֽוֹת׃	te.ho.Mot	[the] deeps	H8415 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk7

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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…
leads to
- Exodus 15:8
  At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 63:12
  who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,
- Psalms 66:6
  He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.
- Nehemiah 9:11
  You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
- Psalms 74:13
  You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
Through
Habakkuk 3:15
You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.
leads to
- Psalms 77:19
  Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
- Habakkuk 3:8
  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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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms