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7Which stilleth{H8688)} the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
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Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! …
The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. …
As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-13)That we may be the more affected with the wonderful condescensions of the God of grace, it is of use to observe his power and sovereignty as the God of nature, the riches and bounty of his providential kingdom. I. He establishes the earth and it abides, Ps. 119:90. By his own strength he setteth fast the mountains (Ps. 65:6), did set them fast at first and still keeps them firm, though they are so…
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