Revised Literal Translation
Psalms 114:7
7Tremble, thou 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;
- 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
5What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? 6Ye 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; 8Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
Read all of Psalms 114Psalms 114:7 word by word
מִלִּפְנֵ֣י אָ֭דוֹן ח֣וּלִי אָ֑רֶץ מִ֝לִּפְנֵ֗י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַעֲקֹֽב׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 114:7
- Psalms 77:18The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
- Psalms 97:4His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
- Psalms 104:32He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
- Job 9:6Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
- Job 26:11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
- Isaiah 64:1Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
- Jeremiah 5:22Fear ye not me? saith Yhwh: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
- Micah 6:1Hear ye now what Yhwh saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
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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