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14 The Lord thundered from heaven;
    the Most High made his voice resound.(A)
15 He let fly his arrows[a] and scattered them;
    shot his lightning bolts and dispersed them.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 18:15 Arrows: lightning.

14 He shot his arrows(A) and scattered the enemy,
    with great bolts of lightning(B) he routed them.(C)
15 The valleys of the sea were exposed
    and the foundations(D) of the earth laid bare
at your rebuke,(E) Lord,
    at the blast of breath from your nostrils.(F)

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29 For you, Lord, give light to my lamp;
    my God brightens my darkness.(A)

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29 With your help(A) I can advance against a troop[a];
    with my God I can scale a wall.

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  1. Psalm 18:29 Or can run through a barricade

Flash forth lightning and scatter my foes;
    shoot your arrows and rout them.

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Send forth lightning(A) and scatter(B) the enemy;
    shoot your arrows(C) and rout them.

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Everywhere under the heavens he sends it,
    with his light, to the ends of the earth.
Again his voice roars,
    his majestic voice thunders;
    he does not restrain them when his voice is heard.

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He unleashes his lightning(A) beneath the whole heaven
    and sends it to the ends of the earth.(B)
After that comes the sound of his roar;
    he thunders(C) with his majestic voice.(D)
When his voice resounds,
    he holds nothing back.

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21 Well-aimed bolts of lightning will go forth
    and from the clouds will leap to the mark as from a well-drawn bow;(A)

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'Wisdom 5:21' not found for the version: New International Version.

10     at the sight of you the mountains writhed.
The clouds poured down water;
    the deep roared loudly.
The sun[a] forgot to rise,
11     the moon left its lofty station,(A)
At the light of your flying arrows,
    at the gleam of your flashing spear.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:10–11 Sun…moon: heavenly figures who, like pestilence and plague (v. 5), serve in God’s army, or are startled at God’s appearance, as are the ancient constellations (v. 6).

10     the mountains saw you and writhed.(A)
Torrents of water swept by;
    the deep roared(B)
    and lifted its waves(C) on high.

11 Sun and moon stood still(D) in the heavens
    at the glint of your flying arrows,(E)
    at the lightning(F) of your flashing spear.

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14 The Lord will appear over them,
    God’s arrow will shoot forth as lightning;
The Lord God will sound the ram’s horn,
    and come in a storm from the south.(A)

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The Lord Will Appear

14 Then the Lord will appear over them;(A)
    his arrow will flash like lightning.(B)
The Sovereign Lord will sound the trumpet;(C)
    he will march in the storms(D) of the south,

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