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Psalms 77:17

The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 77:18.

זֹ֤רְמוּzoremvpour outזָרַםverb, poel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “pour out”, a completed actionH2229to gush (as water)carry away as with a flood, pour out.מַ֨יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).עָב֗וֹתavotcloudעָבnoun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “cloud”, the ordinary formH5645properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copseclay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare H5672 (עֲבִי).ק֭וֹלqolsoundקוֹלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “sound”, the ordinary formH6963a voice or sound[phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.נָתְנ֣וּnatenvgiveנָתַןverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “give”, a completed actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…שְׁחָקִ֑יםshechaqimsmall dustשַׁחַקnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “small dust”, the ordinary formH7834a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmamentcloud, small dust, heaven, sky.אַףafalsoאַףparticle, affirmation — “also”H637meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively thoughalso, [phrase] although, and (furthermore, yet), but, even, [phrase] how much less (more, rather than), moreover, with, yea.חֲ֝צָצֶ֗יךָchatsatseykhaarrowחָצָץnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “arrow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2687properly, something cutting; hence, gravel (as grit); an arrowarrow, gravel (stone).יִתְהַלָּֽכוּyithalakhvwalkהָלַךְverb, hithpael, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “walk”, an unfinished actionH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(77-18) The clouds flooded forth waters; the skies sent out a sound; Thine arrows also went abroad.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad.

Young’s Literal Translation

Poured out waters have thick clouds, The skies have given forth a noise, Also — Thine arrows go up and down.

World English Bible

The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.

Darby Translation

The thick clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound, yea, thine arrows went abroad:

Douay-Rheims

And they added yet more sin against him: they provoked the most High to wrath in the place without water.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(77-18) The clouds flooded forth waters; the skies sent out a sound; Thine arrows also went abroad.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

There was an abundant sound of waters: the clouds uttered a voice; for thine arrows went abroad.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πλῆθος ἤχους ὑδάτων, φωνὴν ἔδωκαν αἱ νεφέλαι· καὶ γὰρ τὰ βέλη σου διαπορεύονται.