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17 The waters saw you, God;
    the waters saw you and lashed about,
    even the deeps of the sea[a] trembled.(A)
18 The clouds poured down their rains;
    the thunderheads rumbled;
    your arrows flashed back and forth.(B)
19 The thunder of your chariot wheels resounded;
    your lightning lit up the world;
    the earth trembled and quaked.(C)
20 Through the sea was your way;
    your path, through the mighty waters,
    though your footsteps were unseen.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 77:17 The deeps of the sea: Heb. tehom; the same word is used in Gn 1:2, where it alludes to the primeval seas which in ancient Semitic cosmography are tamed by God in creation, cf. Ps 74:12–17; 89:12–13 and notes.