Psalms 18:7

Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled and shook, because he was wroth.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

In Context

6In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and I cried out to my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, into his ears.

8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals burned forth from it.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And it shall burn into the lowest Sheol, And shall consume the earth and its produce, And set fire to the foundations of the mountains.

Psalms 34:16The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth:

Psalms 39:13Look away from me, and let me recover strength, before I go hence and be no more.

Psalms 46:2Therefore will we not fear though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the heart of the seas;

Psalms 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

Ezekiel 38:19for in my jealousy, in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Verily in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

Matthew Henry on Psalms 18:2-20

David's Triumphs in God; Devout Confidence. 1 I will love thee, O Lord , my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3 I will call upon the Lord , who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. 6 In my… Read the whole commentary →

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