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The watersמַּיִםsaw you,רָאוּךָElohim;אֱלֹהִיםthe watersמַּיִםsaw youרָאוּךָand writhed;יָחִילוּthe deepsתְהֹמוֹתalsoאַףshuddered.יִרְגְּזוּ
Psalms 77:16
Study it in the app“The waters saw you, Elohim; the waters saw you and writhed; the deeps also shuddered.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 77:16, word by word
- The watersמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- saw youרָאוּrau
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rau” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- and writhedיָחִילוּyachilu
writhe
To twist and shudder from sharp pain or from fear.
Where else “yachilu” appears- the deepsתְהֹמוֹתtehomot
the deep
The deep waters: the deep sea, the ocean, and the waters under the earth. In the Hebrew Bible it is not a place of punishment or the place of the dead.
Where else “tehomot” appears- shudderedיִרְגְּזוּyirgzu
tremble
For the body or the earth to shake from fear, pain or a very great force.
Where else “yirgzu” appears
Translation note
Verses 16 to 20 recall the crossing of the sea (Exodus 14–15).
The context
15You redeemed with your arm your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
16 · This verse (above)
17The thick clouds poured out water; the clouds gave voice; your arrows also went to and fro.