Psalms 78:13He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
The setting
Temple worship in ancient Jerusalem, Israel. The congregation visualizes their ancestors standing at the Red Sea's edge with Egyptian chariots approaching, then watching walls of water rise like mountains.
The emotion here: amazed at recounting the physics-defying miracle his ancestors witnessed
The original word
baqa' (בָּקַע) — to cleave, rip apart with violent force, like tearing fabric in half
Why it matters
The Hebrew text says the waters stood like a 'heap' (ned) - the same word used for grain piled up after harvest
Read with care
What most readers miss in Psalms 78:13
The waters didn't just part - they stood up like solid walls, defying gravity
Common misconceptionMany think the Red Sea was just shallow water or a marsh. The Hebrew describes towering walls of water that required supernatural intervention.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
Psalms 78:13 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Psalms 78:13 comes from the book of Psalms, written during the United Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Asaph. The dominant emotion in this verse is worship, with a comfort power of 70% and a tone that is reverent. It belongs to the psalm genre of biblical literature. Key themes include divine power, Red Sea, miraculous deliverance. Notable phrases: split the sea; waters stand as a heap.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same worship
“Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one:”
— Deuteronomy 6:4
“and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.”
— Deuteronomy 6:5
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:”
— Ecclesiastes 3:1
“Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.”
— John 14:6
“Jesus said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."”
— John 8:58
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