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“The ·spirits of the dead [shades; L Rephaim; C departed ancestors] tremble,
    ·those who are beneath and in the waters [L the waters and their inhabitants are terrified; C symbol for the forces of evil].
·Death [L The grave; Sheol] ·is naked [lies exposed] before God;
    ·destruction [Abaddon; C the underworld] is uncovered before him [C God is in control of them].
God stretches ·the northern sky [or Zaphon; C a reference to Baal’s mountain; indicating God’s control over it] out over empty space
    and hangs the earth on nothing.

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