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Psalm 77:16

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77:16The waters21 saw you, O God,

the waters saw you and trembled.22

Yes, the depths of the sea23 shook with fear.24

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Footnotes

  1. 21 The waters of the Red Sea are here personified; they are portrayed as seeing God and fearing him.
  2. 22 The prefixed verbal form may be taken as a preterite or as an imperfect with past progressive force.
  3. 23 The words “of the sea” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  4. 24 The prefixed verbal form may be taken as a preterite or as an imperfect with past progressive force.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When the waters saw you, O God,

when the waters saw you, they were afraid;

indeed, the deep trembled.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The waters saw you, God,

the waters saw you and writhed;

the very depths were convulsed.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The water saw you, God.

The water saw you; it trembled.

Even the depths shook.

NLTNew Living Translation

When the Red Sea saw you, O God,

its waters looked and trembled!

The sea quaked to its very depths.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Waters saw you, O God;

waters saw you and they trembled.

Surely the deeps shook.

KJV 1900King James Version

The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid:

The depths also were troubled.