תְּהוֹם

Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

…by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.

The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.

At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;

Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,

The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’

Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?

…when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?

He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!

He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.

Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.

Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.

He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.

You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.

They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.

The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.

Praise the LORD from the earth, all great sea creatures and ocean depths,

By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.

When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.

I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,

…when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,

Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?

…who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble?

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,

The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.

This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.

The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.

The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.