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[a]He gathered the waters of the sea as a mound;
    he sets the deep into storage vaults.(A)

III

Let all the earth fear the Lord;
    let all who dwell in the world show him reverence.
For he spoke, and it came to be,
    commanded, and it stood in place.(B)

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  1. 33:7 The waters…as a mound: ancients sometimes attributed the power keeping the seas from overwhelming land to a primordial victory of the storm-god over personified Sea.

He gathers the waters(A) of the sea into jars[a];(B)
    he puts the deep into storehouses.
Let all the earth fear the Lord;(C)
    let all the people of the world(D) revere him.(E)
For he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded,(F) and it stood firm.

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  1. Psalm 33:7 Or sea as into a heap