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Psalms 77:16-17

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77:16 The waters 1  saw you, O God,

the waters saw you and trembled. 2 

Yes, the depths of the sea 3  shook with fear. 4 

77:17 The clouds poured down rain; 5 

the skies thundered. 6 

Yes, your arrows 7  flashed about.

1 tn The waters of the Red Sea are here personified; they are portrayed as seeing God and fearing him.

2 tn The prefixed verbal form may be taken as a preterite or as an imperfect with past progressive force.

3 tn The words “of the sea” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

4 tn The prefixed verbal form may be taken as a preterite or as an imperfect with past progressive force.

5 tn Heb “water.”

6 tn Heb “a sound the clouds gave.”

7 tn The lightning accompanying the storm is portrayed as the Lord’s “arrows” (see v. 18).



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