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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.

17 The clouds poured down water,(A)
    the heavens resounded with thunder;(B)
    your arrows(C) flashed back and forth.
18 Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,(D)
    your lightning(E) lit up the world;
    the earth trembled and quaked.(F)
19 Your path(G) led through the sea,(H)
    your way through the mighty waters,
    though your footprints were not seen.

20 You led your people(I) like a flock(J)
    by the hand of Moses and Aaron.(K)

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17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.

18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

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