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Psalms 77:17-19

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77:17 The clouds poured down rain;¹

the skies thundered.²

Yes, your arrows³ flashed about.

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

the lightning bolts lit up the world;

the earth trembled and shook.⁴

77:19 You walked through the sea;⁵

you passed through the surging waters,⁶

but left no footprints.⁷

¹tn Heb “water.”

²tn Heb “a sound the clouds gave.”

³tn The lightning accompanying the storm is portrayed as the Lord’s “arrows” (see v. 18).

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

sn 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.

⁵tn Heb “in the sea [was] your way.”

⁶tn Heb “and your paths [were] in the mighty waters.”

⁷tn Heb “and your footprints were not known.”

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