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[a]The flood has raised up, Lord;
    the flood has raised up its roar;
    the flood has raised its pounding waves.
More powerful than the roar of many waters,
    more powerful than the breakers of the sea,
    powerful in the heavens is the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 93:3 The flood: the primordial sea was tamed by God in the act of creation. It is a figure of chaos and rebellion, cf. Ps 46:4.

He removes the mountains before they know it;
    he overturns them in his anger.
He shakes the earth out of its place,(A)
    and the pillars beneath it tremble.

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18 One who flees at the sound of terror
    will fall into the pit;
One who climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in the trap.
For the windows on high are open
    and the foundations of the earth shake.(A)
19 The earth will burst asunder,
    the earth will be shaken apart,
    the earth will be convulsed.
20 The earth will reel like a drunkard,
    sway like a hut;
Its rebellion will weigh it down;
    it will fall, never to rise again.”(B)

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10 Though the mountains fall away
    and the hills be shaken,
My love shall never fall away from you
    nor my covenant of peace[a] be shaken,
    says the Lord, who has mercy on you.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 54:10 Covenant of peace: this whole section, vv. 9–17, is given to various assurances of God’s love for Israel and of safety from various possible threats; the phrase sums up both the positive aspects of shalom, which implies a fullness of blessing, and protection from all that might harm. Cf. also 55:3; Nm 25:12; Ez 34:25; 37:26; Mal 2:5.