Psalms 18:7

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“Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.”

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BSBPD

“Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And shake and tremble doth the earth, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake--because He hath wrath.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 18:7 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
  2. Judges 5:4O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
  3. Psalms 34:16But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
  4. Psalms 34:18The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
  5. Psalms 39:13Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
  6. Psalms 40:2He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
  7. Psalms 46:2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,
  8. Psalms 68:7O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wasteland, Selah
  9. Psalms 114:4the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
  10. Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
  11. Ezekiel 38:19In My zeal and fiery rage I proclaim that on that day there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.
  12. Habakkuk 3:6He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
  13. Habakkuk 3:10The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.
  14. Zechariah 14:4On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.
  15. Matthew 28:2Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.
  16. Acts 4:31After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
  17. Acts 16:25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
  18. 1 Corinthians 13:2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

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