Psalms 77:16

Psalms 77:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
• New International Version (NIV)The waters saw you, God, the waters saw you and writhed; the very depths were convulsed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When the waters saw you, O God, when the waters saw you, they were afraid; indeed, the deep trembled.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The waters saw You, O God; The waters saw You, they were afraid; The depths also trembled.

Context of Psalms 77:16

14Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast made known thy strength among the peoples. 15Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah The waters saw thee, O God; the waters saw thee, they were afraid: the depths also trembled. 17The clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. 18The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

Psalms 77:16 word by word

רָ֘א֤וּךָ מַּ֨יִם׀ אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים רָא֣וּךָ מַּ֣יִם יָחִ֑ילוּ אַ֝֗ף יִרְגְּז֥וּ תְהֹמֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 77:16

• Psalms 114:3The sea saw it, and fled; Jordan was driven back.
• Exodus 14:21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
• Joshua 3:15and when they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest,)
• Habakkuk 3:8Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers, or thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses, upon thy chariots of salvation?

Commentaries on Psalms 77:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The waters saw thee - What a fine image! He represents God approaching the Red Sea; and the waters, seeing him, took fright, and ran off before him, dividing to the right and left to let him pass. I have not found any thing more majestic than this. The depths also were troubled - Every thing appears here to have life and perception. The waters see the Almighty, do not wait his coming, but in terror flee away! The deeps, uncovered, are astonished at the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16The waters saw thee … - The waters of the Red Sea and the Jordan. There is great sublimity in this expression; in representing the waters as conscious of the presence of God, and as fleeing in consternation at his presence. Compare Revelation 20:11; Habakkuk 3:10-11. They were afraid - On the word used here - חול chûl - see Psalm 10:5, note; Psalm 55:4, note. It may mean here to tremble or quake, as in pain Deuteronomy 2:25; Joel 2:6. - Alarm, distress…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-20Verses 11-20 The remembrance of the works of God, will be a powerful remedy against distrust of his promise and goodness; for he is God, and changes not. God's way is in the sanctuary. We are sure that God is holy in all his works. God's ways are like the deep waters, which cannot be fathomed; like the way of a ship, which cannot be tracked. God brought Israel out of Egypt. This was typical of the great redemption to be wrought out in the fulness of time…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16the waters saw You and swirled: The Canaanites attributed divine power to the sea, but God is the one who made the sea and uses it for his own purposes.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-2014-20. Illustrations of God's power in His special interventions for His people (Ex 14:1-31), and, in the more common, but sublime, control of nature (Psa 22:11-14; Ha 3:14) which may have attended those miraculous events (Ex 14:24).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 77

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings