Psalms 18:7

Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.

American Standard Version

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 cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.

8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire 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 39:13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more. Psalm 40 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

Psalms 46:2Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas;

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

Ezekiel 38:19For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely 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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