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Psalms 114:7
7Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of 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;
- 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,
- New Living Translation (NLT)Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.
Context of Psalms 114:7
5Why was it, sea, that you fled? Why, Jordan, did you turn back? 6Why, mountains, did you leap like rams, you hills, like lambs? Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, 8who turned the rock into a pool, the 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 thunder was heard in the whirlwind, your lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
- Psalms 97:4His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles.
- Psalms 104:32he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke.
- Job 9:6He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble.
- Job 26:11The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.
- Isaiah 64:1Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!
- Jeremiah 5:22Should you not fear me?” declares the Lord. “Should you not tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting barrier it cannot cross. The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; they may roar, but they cannot cross it.
- Micah 6:1Listen to what the Lord says: “Stand up, plead my case before the mountains; let the hills hear what you have to say.
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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