Psalm 89:10-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 You rule the raging sea;(A)
you still its swelling waves.
11 You crush Rahab[a] with a mortal blow;
with your strong arm you scatter your foes.
12 Yours are the heavens, yours the earth;
you founded the world and everything in it.(B)
13 [b]Zaphon and Amanus you created;
Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
Footnotes
- 89:11 Rahab: a mythological sea monster whose name is used in the Bible mainly as a personification of primeval chaos, cf. Jb 9:13; 26:12; Ps 74:13–14; Is 51:9.
- 89:13 Zaphon and Amanus: two sacred mountains in northern Syria which came to designate the directions of north and south. Tabor: a high hill in the valley of Jezreel in northern Israel. Hermon: a mountain in Lebanon, forming the southern spur of the Anti-Lebanon range.
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