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Psalm 77:18

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77:18Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind;

the lightning bolts lit up the world;

the earth trembled and shook.28

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  1. 28 The prefixed verbal form may be taken as a preterite or as an imperfect with past progressive force. Verses 16–18 depict the Lord coming in the storm to battle his enemies and subdue the sea. There is no record of such a storm in the historical account of the Red Sea crossing. The language the psalmist uses here is stereotypical and originates in Canaanite myth, where the storm god Baal subdues the sea in his quest for kingship. The psalmist has employed the stereotypical imagery to portray the exodus vividly and at the same time affirm that it is not Baal who subdues the sea, but Yahweh.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;

your lightnings lighted up the world;

the earth trembled and shook.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,

your lightning lit up the world;

the earth trembled and quaked.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The sound of your thunder was in the whirlwind;

lightning lit up the world.

The earth shook and quaked.

NLTNew Living Translation

Your thunder roared from the whirlwind;

the lightning lit up the world!

The earth trembled and shook.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The sound of your thunder was in the whirlwind;

lightnings lit the world;

the earth shook and quaked.

KJV 1900King James Version

The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven:

The lightnings lightened the world:

The earth trembled and shook.