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Psalms Chapter 77 verse 16 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 77:16

The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
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BBE Psalms 77:16

The waters saw you, O God; the waters saw you, they were in fear: even the deep was troubled.
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DARBY Psalms 77:16

The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they trembled, yea, the depths were troubled:
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KJV Psalms 77:16

The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
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WBT Psalms 77:16

Thou hast with thy arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
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WEB Psalms 77:16

The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.
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YLT Psalms 77:16

The waters have seen Thee, O God, The waters have seen Thee, They are afraid -- also depths are troubled.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16-20) The prominence given to Joseph is a feature common to the Asaphic psalm. With this magnificent lyric of the passage of the Red Sea comp. Habakkuk 3:10-11. The narrative in Exodus says nothing of a storm, but Josephus has preserved the tradition (Ant., 2:16. 3). Philo also mentions the storm.(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.