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11 (A)The sea you divided before them,
    on dry ground they passed through the midst of the sea;
Their pursuers you hurled into the depths,
    like a stone into the mighty waters.

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11 You divided the sea before them,(A) so that they passed through it on dry ground, but you hurled their pursuers into the depths,(B) like a stone into mighty waters.(C)

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[a]But your providence, O Father! guides it,
    for you have furnished even in the sea a road,
    and through the waves a steady path,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 14:3–6 The wooden ship mentioned in vv. 1–2 prompts a short meditation on the providence of God, who in fact has watched over boats in their dangerous courses. The wood as described in v. 7 became a favorite patristic type for the wood of the cross.
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10 Was it not you who dried up the sea,
    the waters of the great deep,[a]
You who made the depths of the sea into a way
    for the redeemed to pass through?

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Footnotes

  1. 51:10 Great deep: a reference to the primeval chaos (cf. Gn 1:2; 7:11; 49:25; Jb 28:14; Ps 36:7; Jon 2:4).

10 Was it not you who dried up the sea,(A)
    the waters of the great deep,(B)
who made a road in the depths of the sea(C)
    so that the redeemed(D) might cross over?

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15 You trampled the sea with your horses
    amid the churning of the deep waters.

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15 You trampled the sea(A) with your horses,
    churning the great waters.(B)

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