# Psalms 77.19

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 17. The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad. 18. The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook.
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> **19. Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.**
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> 20. Thou leddest thy people like a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron. (Psalms 77:17-20, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 17. The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around. 18. The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.
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> **19. Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.**
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> 20. You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron. (Psalms 77:17-20, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 17. The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. <sup>poured: Heb. were poured forth with water</sup> 18. The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
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> **19. Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.**
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> 20. Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. (Psalms 77:17-20, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 17. Poured out waters have thick clouds, The skies have given forth a noise, Also, Thine arrows go up and down. 18. The voice of Thy thunder [is] in the spheres, Lightnings have lightened the world, The earth hath trembled, yea, it shaketh.
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> **19. In the sea [is] Thy way, And Thy paths [are] in many waters, And Thy tracks have not been known.**
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> 20. Thou hast led as a flock Thy people, By the hand of Moses and Aaron! (Psalms 77:17-20, YLT)

## Setting

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- **Audience:** _TBD_
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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Walks on Water](/codex/jesus-walks-on-water/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.