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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.

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

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

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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