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Psalms 104:32
32He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they 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
30You send forth Your Ruach— they are created, and You renew the face of the earth. 31May the glory of Adonai endure forever! May Adonai rejoice in His works! He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke. 33I will sing to Adonai as long as I live! I will sing praise to my God yet again! 34Let my meditation be sweet to Him. I—I will rejoice in Adonai.
Read all of Psalms 104Psalms 104:32 word by word
הַמַּבִּ֣יט לָ֭אָרֶץ וַתִּרְעָ֑ד יִגַּ֖ע בֶּהָרִ֣ים וְֽיֶעֱשָֽׁנוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 104:32
- Psalms 77:16With your arm You redeemed Your people, the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
- Psalms 97:4His lightning lights up 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 64:2When You did awesome things that we were not expecting, You came down— the mountains shook at Your presence!
- Jeremiah 4:23I looked at the earth and behold, it was deserted and desolate, and at the heavens and they had no light.
- Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?’ says Adonai. ‘Do you not tremble in My presence?’ For I made the sand a boundary of the sea, an everlasting decree that cannot be broken. Though the waves roll, they cannot prevail. Though they roar, they cannot cross it.
- Amos 8:8Will not the land tremble over this? Will not all who dwell in it mourn? Yes, it will rise up like all the Nile —it will surge and sink again like the Nile of Egypt.”
- Nahum 1:5Mountains quaked because of Him, and the hills have melted. The earth has heaved up at His presence—yes, the world and everything dwelling in it.
- Habakkuk 3:5Pestilence goes before Him, a fiery bolt goes forth at His feet.
- Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne, and the One seated on it. The earth and heaven fled from His presence, but no place was found for them.
- Psalms 50:3Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire is devouring before Him, and it storms around Him mightily.
- Psalms 144:5Adonai, part Your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, so they smoke.
- Exodus 19:18Now the entire Mount Sinai was in smoke, because Adonai had descended upon it in fire. The smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace. The whole mountain quaked greatly.
- Isaiah 64:1As fire kindles brushwood, as fire causes water to boil, make Your Name known to Your foes, so the nations may tremble before You!
- Revelation 19:3And a second time they shouted, “Halleluyah! The smoke from her goes up 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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