2 Samuel 22:8
Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations of heaven did tremble; they were shaken, because He was wroth.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
In Context
9Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour; coals flamed forth from Him.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:7But the man that toucheth them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place.
Psalms 18:7(18-8) Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations also of the mountains did tremble; they were shaken, because He was wroth.
Psalms 77:19(77-20) Thy way was in the sea, and Thy path in the great waters, and Thy footsteps were not known.
Nahum 1:5The mountains quake at Him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at His presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:3-51
David's Song of Praise. ( b. c. 1020.) 1 And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: Observe here, I. That it has often been the lot of God's people to have many enemies, and to be in imminent danger of falling into their hands. David was a man after God's heart, but not after men's heart: many were those that hated him, and sought his ruin; Saul is particularly named, either, 1. As distinguished… Read the whole commentary →