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Psalms 46:3

NETBible	when its waves¹ crash² and foam, and the mountains shake³ before the surging sea.⁴ (Selah)
NIV © biblegateway Psa 46:3	though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. Selah
NASB © biblegateway Psa 46:3	Though its waters roar and foam, Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah.
NLT © biblegateway Psa 46:3	Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge! Interlude
MSG © biblegateway Psa 46:3	Before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, GOD of angel armies protects us.
BBE © SABDAweb Psa 46:3	Though its waters are sounding and troubled, and though the mountains are shaking with their violent motion. (Selah.)
NRSV © bibleoremus Psa 46:3	though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult. Selah
NKJV © biblegateway Psa 46:3	Though its waters roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah
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KJV	[Though] the waters <04325> thereof roar <01993> (8799) [and] be troubled <02560> (8799)_, [though] the mountains <02022> shake <07493> (8799) with the swelling <01346> thereof. Selah <05542>_.
NASB © biblegateway Psa 46:3	Though its waters <04325> roar <01993> and foam <02560> , Though the mountains <02022> quake <07493> at its swelling <01346> pride <01346> . Selah <05542> .
LXXM	(45:4) hchsan <2278> V-AAI-3P kai <2532> CONJ etaracyhsan <5015> V-API-3P ta <3588> T-NPN udata <5204> N-NPN autwn <846> D-GPM etaracyhsan <5015> V-API-3P ta <3588> T-NPN orh <3735> N-NPN en <1722> PREP th <3588> T-DSF krataiothti {N-DSF} autou <846> D-GSM diaqalma {N-NSN}
NET [draft] ITL	when its waves <04325> crash <01993> and foam <02560> , and the mountains <02022> shake <07493> before the surging <01346> sea. (Selah <05542> )
HEBREW	hlo <05542> wtwagb <01346> Myrh <02022> wsery <07493> wymym <04325> wrmxy <02560> wmhy <01993> (46:3) <46:4>

NETBible

when its waves¹ crash² and foam, and the mountains shake³ before the surging sea.⁴ (Selah)

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “its waters.”

²tn Or “roar.”

³tn The three imperfect verbal forms in v. 3 draw attention to the characteristic nature of the activity described.

⁴tn Heb “at its swelling.” The Hebrew word often means “pride.” If the sea is symbolic of hostile nations, then this may be a case of double entendre. The surging, swelling sea symbolizes the proud, hostile nations. On the surface the psalmist appears to be depicting a major natural catastrophe, perhaps a tidal wave. If so, then the situation would be hypothetical. However, the repetition of the verbs הָמָה (hamah, “crash; roar,” v. 3) and מוֹט (mot, “shake,” v. 2) in v. 6, where nations/kingdoms “roar” and “shake,” suggests that the language of vv. 2-3 is symbolic and depicts the upheaval that characterizes relationships between the nations of the earth. As some nations (symbolized by the surging, chaotic waters) show hostility, others (symbolized by the mountains) come crashing down to destruction. The surging waters are symbolic of chaotic forces in other poetic texts (see, for example, Isa 17:12; Jer 51:42) and mountains can symbolize strong kingdoms (see, for example, Jer 51:25).