Psalms 89:9

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You rule over the proud sea. When its waves surge, you calm them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 65:7 : 7 You calm the raging seas and their roaring waves, as well as the commotion made by the nations.
  • Mark 4:41 : 41 They were overwhelmed by fear and said to one another,“Who then is this? Even the wind and sea obey him!”
  • Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The waves roar, O LORD, the waves roar, the waves roar and crash. 4 Above the sound of the surging water, and the mighty waves of the sea, the LORD sits enthroned in majesty.
  • Ps 107:25-29 : 25 He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea. 26 They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors’ strength left them because the danger was so great. 27 They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective. 28 They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. 29 He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent.
  • Nah 1:4 : 4 He shouts a battle cry against the sea and makes it dry up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon withers.
  • Mark 4:39 : 39 So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea,“Be quiet! Calm down!” Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm.
  • Matt 8:24-27 : 24 And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep. 25 So they came and woke him up saying,“Lord, save us! We are about to die!” 26 But he said to them,“Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was dead calm. 27 And the men were amazed and said,“What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!”
  • Matt 14:32 : 32 When they went up into the boat, the wind ceased.
  • Job 38:8-9 : 8 “Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb, 9 when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band, 10 when I prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors, 11 when I said,‘To here you may come and no farther, here your proud waves will be confined’?
  • Ps 29:10 : 10 The LORD sits enthroned over the engulfing waters, the LORD sits enthroned as the eternal king.
  • Ps 66:5-6 : 5 Come and witness God’s exploits! His acts on behalf of people are awesome! 6 He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. Let us rejoice in him there!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 65:6-7
    2 verses
    83%

    6You created the mountains by your power, and demonstrated your strength.

    7You calm the raging seas and their roaring waves, as well as the commotion made by the nations.

  • Ps 107:29-30
    2 verses
    82%

    29He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent.

    30The sailors rejoiced because the waves grew quiet, and he led them to the harbor they desired.

  • Ps 93:3-4
    2 verses
    79%

    3The waves roar, O LORD, the waves roar, the waves roar and crash.

    4Above the sound of the surging water, and the mighty waves of the sea, the LORD sits enthroned in majesty.

  • Ps 89:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10You crushed the Proud One and killed it; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.

    11The heavens belong to you, as does the earth. You made the world and all it contains.

  • Ps 107:24-25
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    77%

    24They witnessed the acts of the LORD, his amazing feats on the deep water.

    25He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea.

  • 8O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies! Who is strong like you, O LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds you.

  • 11when I said,‘To here you may come and no farther, here your proud waves will be confined’?

  • 8he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;

  • 13You destroyed the sea by your strength; you shattered the heads of the sea monster in the water.

  • 10But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

  • 12By his power he stills the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab the great sea monster to pieces.

  • Exod 15:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7In the abundance of your majesty you have overthrown those who rise up against you. You sent forth your wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

    8By the blast of your nostrils the waters were piled up, the flowing water stood upright like a heap, and the deep waters were solidified in the heart of the sea.

  • 15You broke open the spring and the stream; you dried up perpetually flowing rivers.

  • 10Did you not dry up the sea, the waters of the great deep? Did you not make a path through the depths of the sea, so those delivered from bondage could cross over?

  • 11You split the sea before them, and they crossed through the sea on dry ground! But you threw their pursuers into the depths, like a stone into surging waters.

  • 15I am the LORD your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves surge. The LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name!

  • 14You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea that have no ruler.

  • 22“You should fear me!” says the LORD.“You should tremble in awe before me! I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it can never cross. Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail. They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary.”

  • 39So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea,“Be quiet! Calm down!” Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm.

  • 15But you trample on the sea with your horses, on the surging, raging waters.

  • 19You walked through the sea; you passed through the surging waters, but left no footprints.

  • 16This is what the LORD says, the one who made a road through the sea, a pathway through the surging waters,

  • 7With an east wind you shatter the large ships.

  • 3The LORD’s shout is heard over the water; the majestic God thunders, the LORD appears over the surging water.

  • 8From heaven you announced what their punishment would be. The earth was afraid and silent

  • 1The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty, the LORD is robed, he wears strength around his waist. Indeed, the world is established, it cannot be moved.

  • 11Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him,“What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?”

  • 7Let the sea and everything in it shout, along with the world and those who live in it!

  • 13Your arm is powerful, your hand strong, your right hand victorious.

  • 29when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

  • 7He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses.

  • 16The depths of the sea were exposed; the inner regions of the world were uncovered by the LORD’s battle cry, by the powerful breath from his nose.

  • 7Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves.(Selah)

  • 16The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and trembled. Yes, the depths of the sea shook with fear.

  • 26But he said to them,“Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was dead calm.

  • 3when its waves crash and foam, and the mountains shake before the surging sea.(Selah)

  • 6The watery deep covered it like a garment; the waters reached above the mountains.

  • 9You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.

  • 15So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.

  • 10He says,“Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!”

  • 18If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.

  • 10The LORD sits enthroned over the engulfing waters, the LORD sits enthroned as the eternal king.

  • 25I will place his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.