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I Will Sing of His Love Forever

Psalms 89:9

In 11 translations

BSB
You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
KJV
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
WEB
You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.
ASV
Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
LSV
You [are] ruler over the pride of the sea, || In the lifting up of its billows You restrain them.
YLT
Thou [art] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.
DBY
Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.
DRC88:10
Thou rulest the power of the sea: and appeasest the motion of the waves thereof.
GNV
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waues thereof arise, thou stillest them.
JPS89:10
Thou rulest the proud swelling of the sea; when the waves thereof arise, Thou stillest them.
LXXE88:10
Thou rulest the power of the sea; and thou calmest the tumult of its waves.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC89:10
אַתָּ֣ה מ֭וֹשֵׁל בְּגֵא֣וּת הַיָּ֑ם בְּשׂ֥וֹא גַ֝לָּ֗יו אַתָּ֥ה תְשַׁבְּחֵֽם׃KJV:Ps.89.9
LXX-Br88:10
Σὺ δεσπόζεις τοῦ κράτους τῆς θαλάσσης, τὸν δὲ σάλον τῶν κυμάτων αὐτῆς σὺ καταπραΰνεις.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 65:7You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
  • Psalms 107:25–29For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea. They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish. They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all…
  • Mark 4:41Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”
  • Matthew 8:24–27Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” “You of little faith,” Jesus…
  • Mark 4:39Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.
  • Psalms 93:3–4The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves. Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.
  • Job 38:8–11Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, and I declared:…
  • Psalms 29:10The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.
  • Nahum 1:4He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
  • Matthew 14:32And when they had climbed back into the boat, the wind died down.
  • Psalms 66:5–6Come and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind. He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 89:10 in some Bibles
  • 89:9 in most Bibles

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