en_tn/2sa/22/16.md

General Information:

This continues David's song to Yahweh. He uses parallelism to emphasize what he is saying. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)

Then the water channels appeared ... breath of his nostrils

When Yahweh shouted in his attack against David's enemies, it is compared to his power to create upheaval in the deepest parts of the ocean and the earth. This shows his great power and fierce anger. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)

the foundations ... were exposed

David compares Yahweh's anger to turbulent movements of the ground. "This can be stated in active form. AT: "Yahweh's battle cry exposed the foundations of the world" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

translationWords

• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/water
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/world
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh