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Psalms 104:32
32The earth trembles at his glance; the mountains smoke at his touch.
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 give them your breath, life is created, and you renew the face of the earth. 31May the glory of the Lord continue forever! The Lord takes pleasure in all he has made! The earth trembles at his glance; the mountains smoke at his touch. 33I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. I will praise my God to my last breath! 34May all my thoughts be pleasing to him, for I 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 77:16When the Red Sea saw you, O God, its waters looked and trembled! The sea quaked to its very depths.
- Psalms 97:4His lightning flashes out across the world. The earth sees and trembles.
- Psalms 114:7Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.
- Isaiah 64:2As fire causes wood to burn and water to boil, your coming would make the nations tremble. Then your enemies would learn the reason for your fame!
- Jeremiah 4:23I looked at the earth, and it was empty and formless. I looked at the heavens, and there was no light.
- Jeremiah 5:22Have you no respect for me? Why don’t you tremble in my presence? I, the Lord, define the ocean’s sandy shoreline as an everlasting boundary that the waters cannot cross. The waves may toss and roar, but they can never pass the boundaries I set.
- Amos 8:8The earth will tremble for your deeds, and everyone will mourn. The ground will rise like the Nile River at floodtime; it will heave up, then sink again.
- Nahum 1:5In his presence the mountains quake, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles, and its people are destroyed.
- Habakkuk 3:5Pestilence marches before him; plague follows close behind.
- Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne and the one sitting on it. The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide.
- Psalms 50:3Our God approaches, and he is not silent. Fire devours everything in his way, and a great storm rages around him.
- Psalms 144:5Open the heavens, Lord, and come down. Touch the mountains so they billow smoke.
- Exodus 19:18All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because the Lord had descended on it in the form of fire. The smoke billowed into the sky like smoke from a brick kiln, and the whole mountain shook violently.
- Isaiah 64:1Oh, that you would burst from the heavens and come down! How the mountains would quake in your presence!
- Revelation 19:3And again their voices rang out: “Praise the Lord! The smoke from that city 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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