New English Translation
Psalms 114:7
7Tremble, O earth, before the Lord – before the God of Jacob,
Psalms 114:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
- New International Version (NIV)Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,
Context of Psalms 114:7
5Why do you flee, O sea? Why do you turn back, O Jordan River? 6Why do you skip like rams, O mountains, like lambs, O hills? Tremble, O earth, before the Lord – before the God of Jacob, 8who turned a rock into a pool of water, a hard rock into springs of water!
Read all of Psalms 114Psalms 114:7 word by word
מִלִּפְנֵ֣י אָ֭דוֹן ח֣וּלִי אָ֑רֶץ מִ֝לִּפְנֵ֗י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַעֲקֹֽב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 114:7
- Psalms 77:18Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind; the lightning bolts lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.
- Psalms 97:4His lightning bolts light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.
- Psalms 104:32He looks down on the earth and it shakes; he touches the mountains and they start to smolder.
- Job 9:6he who shakes the earth out of its place so that its pillars tremble;
- Job 26:11The pillars of the heavens tremble and are amazed at his rebuke.
- Isaiah 64:1If only you would tear apart the sky and come down! The mountains would tremble before you!
- Jeremiah 5:22“You should fear me!” says the Lord. “You should tremble in awe before me! I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it can never cross. Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail. They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary.”
- Micah 6:1Listen to what the Lord says: “Get up! Defend yourself before the mountains! Present your case before the hills!”
Commentaries on Psalms 114:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord - This is at the same time an explanation of the facts referred to in the previous verses, and the statement of an important truth in regard to the power of God. The true explanation - as here implied - of what occurred to the sea, to the Jordan, to the mountains, and to the hills, was the fact that God was there; the inference from that, or the truth which followed from that, was, that before that God in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8This song celebrates the Lord's power in nature. It remembers Israel's start as a nation during the exodus (Psalm 114:1–2) and their entry into the promised land (114:3–6). It encourages respect for the God of Jacob (Psalm 114:7–8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-85-8. The questions place the implied answers in a more striking form.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 114
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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