Psalm 77:16 {76:17}
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The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee: and they were afraid, and the depths were troubled.

Psalm 114:3-6 The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back. . . .

Exodus 14:21 And when Moses had stretched forth his hand over the sea, the Lord took it away by a strong and burning wind blowing all the night, and turned it into dry ground: and the water was divided.

Joshua 3:15,16 And as soon as they came into the Jordan, and their feet were dipped in part of the water, (now the Jordan, it being harvest time, had filled the banks of its channel,) . . .

Habakkuk 3:8-10,15 Wast thou angry, O Lord, with the rivers? or was thy wrath upon the rivers? or thy indignation in the sea? Who will ride upon thy horses: and thy chariots are salvation. . . .

Context
In The Day of Trouble I Sought the LORD
15With thy arm thou hast redeemed thy people the children of Jacob and of Joseph. 16The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee: and they were afraid, and the depths were troubled.17Great was the noise of the waters: the clouds sent out a sound. For thy arrows pass:…
Cross References
Exodus 14:21
And when Moses had stretched forth his hand over the sea, the Lord took it away by a strong and burning wind blowing all the night, and turned it into dry ground: and the water was divided.

Psalm 114:3
The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back.

Habakkuk 3:8
Wast thou angry, O Lord, with the rivers? or was thy wrath upon the rivers? or thy indignation in the sea? Who will ride upon thy horses: and thy chariots are salvation.

Habakkuk 3:10
The mountains saw thee, and were grieved: the great body of waters passed away. The deep put forth its voice: the deep lifted up its hands.

Lexicon
The waters
מַּ֨יִם ׀ (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

saw You,
רָ֘א֤וּךָ (rā·’ū·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

O God;
אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֗ים (’ĕlō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

the waters
מַּ֣יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

saw You
רָא֣וּךָ (rā·’ū·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

and swirled;
יָחִ֑ילוּ (yā·ḥî·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert

even
אַ֝֗ף (’ap̄)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though

the depths
תְהֹמֽוֹת׃ (ṯə·hō·mō·wṯ)
Noun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 8415: An abyss, the deep

were shaken.
יִרְגְּז֥וּ (yir·gə·zū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7264: To be agitated, quiver, quake, be excited, perturbed


Additional Translations
The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.

The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and feared; and the depths were troubled.

The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they trembled, yea, the depths were troubled:

The waters saw thee, O God; the waters saw thee, they were afraid: the depths also trembled.

The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were disturbed.

The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.

The waters have seen Thee, O God, The waters have seen Thee, They are afraid -- also depths are troubled.
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