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Psalms 104:32
32He looks at the earth, and it trembles; he touches the mountains, and they pour out smoke.
Psalms 104:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
- New International Version (NIV)he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke.
- English Standard Version (ESV)who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke!
- New King James Version (NKJV)He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the hills, and they smoke.
Context of Psalms 104:32
30When you send your breath, they are created, and you renew the surface of the ground. 31May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works. He looks at the earth, and it trembles; he touches the mountains, and they pour out smoke. 33I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I live. 34May my meditation be pleasing to him; I will rejoice in the Lord.
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הַמַּבִּ֣יט לָ֭אָרֶץ וַתִּרְעָ֑ד יִגַּ֖ע בֶּהָרִ֣ים וְֽיֶעֱשָֽׁנוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 104:32
- Psalms 77:16The water saw you, God. The water saw you; it trembled. Even the depths shook.
- Psalms 97:4His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles.
- Psalms 114:7Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
- Isaiah 64:2just as fire kindles brushwood, and fire boils water — to make your name known to your enemies, so that nations would tremble at your presence!
- Jeremiah 4:23I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty. I looked to the heavens, and their light was gone.
- Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear me? This is the Lord’s declaration. Do you not tremble before me, the one who set the sand as the boundary of the sea, an enduring barrier that it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot pass over it.
- Amos 8:8Because of this, won’t the land quake and all who dwell in it mourn? All of it will rise like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.
- Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt; the earth trembles at his presence — the world and all who live in it.
- Habakkuk 3:5Plague goes before him, and pestilence follows in his steps.
- Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and one seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.
- Psalms 50:3Our God is coming; he will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes him, and a storm rages around him.
- Psalms 144:5Lord, part your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
- Exodus 19:18Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the Lord came down on it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.
- Isaiah 64:1If only you would tear the heavens open and come down, so that mountains would quake at your presence —
- Revelation 19:3A second time they said, Hallelujah! Her smoke ascends forever and ever!
Commentaries on Psalms 104:32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32He looketh on the earth - Even the look of God terrifies all created nature! He toucheth the hills - So easy is it for God to burn up the earth and the worlds thereof, that even his touch kindles the mountains into flames! See Etna, Vesuvius, Stromboli, etc.; these are ignited by the touch of God. How majestic are these figures! The renewal of the earth, and re-creation of deceased animals, shall take place when he shall shake terribly the heavens and the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth - There is great sublimity in this expression, as indicating the power and the majesty of God. He has only to “look” upon his works, and they stand in awe and tremble. The most mighty and fearful convulsions of nature occur as if they were the mere effect of God‘s “looking” on the earth. Compare Habakkuk 3:10 - “The mountains saw thee, and they trembled.” He toucheth the hills, and they smoke - That is, as Mount…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-35Verses 31-35 Man's glory is fading; God's glory is everlasting: creatures change, but with the Creator there is no variableness. And if mediation on the glories of creation be so sweet to the soul, what greater glory appears to the enlightened mind, when contemplating the great work of redemption! There alone can a sinner perceive ground of confidence and joy in God. While he with pleasure upholds all, governs all, and rejoices in all his works, let our…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32The trembling earth and the smoking mountains represent the Lord’s coming in judgment against sinners and salvation for his faithful people (see Psalm 18:7–15).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-3431-34. While God could equally glorify His power in destruction, that He does it in preservation is of His rich goodness and mercy, so that we may well spend our lives in grateful praise, honoring to Him, and delightful to pious hearts (Psa 147:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 104
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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