¹⁶ The waters^(A) saw you, God,
    the waters saw you and writhed;^(B)
    the very depths were convulsed.

¹⁵ You trampled the sea^(A) with your horses,
    churning the great waters.^(B)

⁸ Were you angry with the rivers,^(A) Lord?
    Was your wrath against the streams?
Did you rage against the sea^(B)
    when you rode your horses
    and your chariots to victory?^(C)
9 You uncovered your bow,
    you called for many arrows.^(D)
You split the earth with rivers;
¹⁰     the mountains saw you and writhed.^(E)
Torrents of water swept by;
    the deep roared^(F)
    and lifted its waves^(G) on high.

³ The sea looked and fled,^(A)
    the Jordan turned back;^(B)
4 the mountains leaped^(C) like rams,
    the hills like lambs.

⁵ Why was it, sea, that you fled?^(D)
    Why, Jordan, did you turn back?
⁶ Why, mountains, did you leap like rams,
    you hills, like lambs?