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.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

6(18-7) In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God; out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry came before Him unto His ears.

8(18-9) Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour; coals flamed forth from Him.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in My nostril, and burneth unto the depths of the nether-world, and devoureth the earth with her produce, and setteth ablaze the foundations of the mountains.

Psalms 34:16(34-17) The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

Psalms 39:13(39-14) Look away from me, that I may take comfort, before I go hence, and be no more.'

Psalms 46:2(46-3) Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, and though the mountains be moved into the heart of the seas;

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

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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