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In the Day of Trouble I Sought the LORD

Psalms 77:16

In 11 translations

BSB
The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.
KJV
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
WEB
The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.
ASV
The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
LSV
The waters have seen You, O God, || The waters have seen You, || They are afraid—also depths are troubled.
YLT
The waters have seen Thee, O God, The waters have seen Thee, They are afraid — also depths are troubled.
DBY
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they trembled, yea, the depths were troubled:Elohim
DRC76:17
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee: and they were afraid, and the depths were troubled.
GNV
The waters sawe thee, O God: the waters sawe thee, and were afraide: yea, the depths trembled.
JPS77:17
The waters saw Thee, O God; the waters saw Thee, they were in pain; the depths also trembled.
LXXE76:17
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and feared; and the depths were troubled.

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Original-language editions

WLC77:17
רָ֘א֤וּךָ מַּ֨יִם ׀ אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים רָא֣וּךָ מַּ֣יִם יָחִ֑ילוּ אַ֝֗ף יִרְגְּז֥וּ תְהֹמֽוֹת׃KJV:Ps.77.16
LXX-Br76:17
Εἴδοσάν σε ὕδατα ὁ Θεὸς, εἴδοσάν σε ὕδατα καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν, καὶ ἐταράχθησαν ἄβυσσοι.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
  • Habakkuk 3:15You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.
  • Joshua 3:15–16Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the flowing water stood still. It backed up as…
  • Psalms 114:3–6The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back; the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back, O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O…
  • Habakkuk 3:8–10Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation? You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows.…

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  • 77:17 in some Bibles
  • 77:16 in most Bibles

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