“Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.”
God's dominion over chaos: "You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves mount up, you still them." The mastery over the sea—a symbol of chaos in ancient Near Eastern mythology—demonstrates God's ability to order creation. The calming of the waves becomes an image for God's capacity to control threatening forces.
Church Fathers on Psalms 89:9
1. Understand, beloved, this Psalm, which I am about to explain, by the grace of God, of our hope in the Lord Jesus Christ, and be of good cheer, because He who promised, will fulfil all, as He has fulfilled much: for it is not our own merit, but His mercy, that gives us confidence in Him. He Himself is meant, in my belief, by “the understanding of Æthan the Israelite:” which has given this Psalm its title. You see then, who is meant by Æthan: but the meaning of the word is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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