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The waters saw you ... they were afraid ... the depths trembled
Asaph speaks of the water as if it were a person who saw something that terrified him. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
the waters saw you, and they were afraid; the depths trembled
"water" and "depth" refers to large bodies of water such as the sea or ocean. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet)
depths
"deepest waters"
The clouds poured down water
Asaph speaks of the clouds as if they were people pouring water out of containers. AT: "Much rain fell" or "It rained very hard" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
your arrows flew about
This is a metaphor that describes lightning as God's arrows. AT: "the lightning you made flashed like arrows" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
flew
Use your language's word for what an arrow does after someone shoots it.