'Depths' in the Bible
“The deeps cover them;They went down into the depths like a stone.
“You divided the sea before them,So they passed through the midst of the sea on dry ground;And their pursuers You hurled into the depths,Like a stone into raging waters.
“Can you discover the depths of God?Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?
“Behold, He spreads His lightning about Him,And He covers the depths of the sea.
“He makes the depths boil like a pot;He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
But those who seek my life to destroy it,Will go into the depths of the earth.
The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan.I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;
You who have shown me many troubles and distressesWill revive me again,And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
He split the rocks in the wildernessAnd gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths.
For Your lovingkindness toward me is great,And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
You have put me in the lowest pit,In dark places, in the depths.
In whose hand are the depths of the earth,The peaks of the mountains are His also.
They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths;Their soul melted away in their misery.
A Song of Ascents.Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord.
My frame was not hidden from You,When I was made in secret,And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
“When there were no depths I was brought forth,When there were no springs abounding with water.
But he does not know that the dead are there,That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Was it not You who dried up the sea,The waters of the great deep;Who made the depths of the sea a pathwayFor the redeemed to cross over?
Who led them through the depths?Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not stumble;
“Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths,O inhabitants of Dedan,For I will bring the disaster of Esau upon himAt the time I punish him.
“Run away, flee! Dwell in the depths,O inhabitants of Hazor,” declares the Lord;“For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has formed a plan against youAnd devised a scheme against you.
‘Now that you are broken by the seasIn the depths of the waters,Your merchandise and all your companyHave fallen in the midst of you.
He will again have compassion on us;He will tread our iniquities under foot.Yes, You will cast all their sinsInto the depths of the sea.
“And they will pass through the sea of distressAnd He will strike the waves in the sea,So that all the depths of the Nile will dry up;And the pride of Assyria will be brought downAnd the scepter of Egypt will depart.