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He alone stretches out the heavens(A)
    and treads upon the back of the sea.

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II

The voice of the Lord[a] is over the waters;
    the God of glory thunders,
    the Lord, over the mighty waters.
The voice of the Lord is power;
    the voice of the Lord is splendor.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 29:3 The voice of the Lord: the sevenfold repetition of the phrase imitates the sound of crashing thunder and may allude to God’s primordial slaying of Leviathan, the seven-headed sea monster of Canaanite mythology.

20 Through the sea was your way;
    your path, through the mighty waters,
    though your footsteps were unseen.(A)

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16 Thus says the Lord,
    who opens a way in the sea,
    a path in the mighty waters,(A)

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