Psalms 77:16
(77-17) The waters saw Thee, O God; the waters saw Thee, they were in pain; the depths also trembled.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
In Context
15(77-16) Thou hast with Thine arm redeemed Thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
17(77-18) The clouds flooded forth waters; the skies sent out a sound; Thine arrows also went abroad.
Cross References
Genesis 48:5And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.
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.
Psalms 114:3The sea saw it, and fled; the Jordan turned backward.
Habakkuk 3:15Thou hast trodden the sea with Thy horses, the foaming of mighty waters.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 77:12-20
Acknowledgments of the Divine Majesty, of God's Wonders Wrought for Israel. 11 I will remember the works of the Lord : surely I will remember thy wonders of old. 12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. 13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God? 14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people. 15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. 16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters… Read the whole commentary →