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The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.
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Creation Obeys Its Creator
Commentators explain the phrase "the waters saw thee" as powerful poetic language. The sea isn't literally conscious, but this personification shows that all of creation instinctively responds to and obeys the power of God. As John Calvin notes, this serves as a powerful lesson: if even the inanimate sea trembles before God, how much more should humanity recognize and respond to His authority?
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The waters saw thee ... - The waters of the Red Sea and the Jordan. There is great sublimity in this expression, in representing th…
19th Century
Anglican
The prominence given to Joseph is a feature common to the Asaphic psalm. With this magnificent lyric of the passage of the Red Sea, compare Habakku…
Baptist
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
At the very sight of God the sea …
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16th Century
Protestant
The waters saw thee, O God! Some of the miracles in which God displayed the power of his arm are briefly referred to here. When it is said…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The waters saw thee, O God The waters not of Jordan, but of the Red sea; these felt and perceived the power of God, …
The remembrance of the works of God will be a powerful remedy against distrust of His promise and goodness, for He is God and does not change.
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