Some of us set sail upon the sea to faraway ports, transporting our goods from ship to shore.
Trading ships glide through the high seas. And look! There are the massive whales bounding upon the waves.
Like a hurricane blowing and breaking the invading ships, God blows upon them and breaks them to pieces.
Sing to Yahweh a brand-new song! Sing his praise until it echoes from the ends of the earth! Sailors and sea creatures, praise him! Islands and all their inhabitants, sing his praise!
Your oarsmen rowed you out to the open sea. Stormy east winds wrecked you and sent you to the bottom of the sea.
in one brief moment such vast wealth is now laid waste!” Every ship’s captain and his crew, every seafarer and mariner, watched from far away