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Psalms 65:7

Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 65:8.

מַשְׁבִּ֤יחַmashbichacommendשָׁבַחverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “commend”, a verb used as a describing wordH7623properly, to address in aloud tone, i.e. (specifically) loud; figuratively, to pacify (as if by words)commend, glory, keep in, praise, still, triumph.שְׁא֣וֹןsheonrushingשָׁאוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “rushing”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7588uproar (as of rushing); by implication, destruction[idiom] horrible, noise, pomp, rushing, tumult ([idiom] -uous).יַ֭מִּיםyamimseaיָםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).שְׁא֥וֹןsheonrushingשָׁאוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “rushing”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7588uproar (as of rushing); by implication, destruction[idiom] horrible, noise, pomp, rushing, tumult ([idiom] -uous).גַּלֵּיהֶ֗םgaleyhemheapגַּלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “heap”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1530something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)billow, heap, spring, wave.וַהֲמ֥וֹןvahamonand noiseהָמוֹןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and noise”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1995a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealthabundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult.לְאֻמִּֽיםleumimnationלְאֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “nation”, the ordinary formH3816a communitynation, people.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(65-8) Who stillest the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Who stilleth the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples.

Young’s Literal Translation

Restraining the noise of seas, the noise of their billows, And the multitude of the peoples.

World English Bible

You still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.

Darby Translation

Who stilleth the raging of the seas, the raging of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.

Douay-Rheims

Who by his power ruleth for ever: his eyes behold the nations; let not them that provoke him he exalted in themselves.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(65-8) Who stillest the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

who troublest the depth of the sea, the sounds of its waves.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁ συνταράσσων τὸ κῦτος τῆς θαλάσσης, ἤχους κυμάτων αὐτῆς. Ταραχθήσονται τὰ ἔθνη,