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Psalm 77:16 KJV
Psalms · chapter 77 · verse 16
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.Psalm 77:16 · King James Version
Psalm 77:16 in context
14Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.
15Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
16The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
17The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
18The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
- afraidchûwlproperly, to twist or whirlH2342 →
- depthstᵉhôwman abyss , especially the deepH8415 →
- sawrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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The psalmist here recovers himself out of the great distress and plague he was in, and silences his own fears of God's casting off his people by the remembrance of the great things he had done for them formerly, which though he had in vain tried to quiet himself with (Psa 77:5, Psa 77:6) yet he tried again, and, upon…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-20