Psalms 18:7
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Psalms 18:7 in other translations
| BSB | Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger. |
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| WEB | Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry. |
| ASV | Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth. |
| YLT | And shake and tremble doth the earth, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake--because He hath wrath. |
| DARBY | Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled and shook, because he was wroth. |
| BBE | Then trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases of the mountains were moved and shaking, because he was angry. |
| Webster | Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. |
What does Psalms 18:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 18:7-8
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 18:1-19
The first words, "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength," are the scope and contents of the psalm. Those that truly love God, may triumph in him as their Rock and Refuge, and may with confidence call upon him. It is good for us to observe all the circumstances of a mercy which magnify the power of God and his goodness to us in it. David was a praying man, and God was found a prayer-hearing God. If we pray as he did…
Psalms 18:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 18:7
- Acts 4:31
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
- Psalms 68:7-8
O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
- Ezekiel 38:19-20
For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
- Jeremiah 4:24
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
- Acts 16:25-26
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.
- Judges 5:4
Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
- Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
- Zechariah 14:4
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
- Habakkuk 3:10
The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
- Matthew 28:2
And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
- Habakkuk 3:6
He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
- Psalms 114:4-7
The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
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Context
- Psalms 18:6
In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
- Psalms 18:7
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
- Psalms 18:8
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Psalms 18:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y la tierra fué conmovida y tembló; y moviéronse los fundamentos de los montes, y se estremecieron, porque se indignó él. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Dans ma détresse j’ai invoqué l’ Éternel, et j’ai crié à mon Dieu: de son temple, il a entendu ma voix, et mon cri est parvenu devant lui à ses oreilles. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da wankte und bebte die Erde, und die Grundfesten der Berge erzitterten und wankten, weil er entbrannt war. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | a summo cælo egressio ejus. Et occursus ejus usque ad summum ejus; nec est qui se abscondat a calore ejus. |