Psalms 18:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Psalms 18:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Then the earth shook and trembled - The description which follows here is one of the most sublime that is to be found in any language. It is taken from the fury of the storm and tempest, when all...

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• Psalms 18:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (d) Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. (d) A description of the wrath of God against his enemies, after he had heard hi...

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• Psalms 18:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  XVIII. See p. 367 for the reasons which make it impossible to ascribe this Ps. to David. Even scholars who hold traditional views admit that he cannot have written it as it stands, and that additio...

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• Psalms 18:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  shook... trembled... shaken. Figure of speech Paronomasia. Hebrew vattig'ash, vattir'ash. Eng.. "shaked... quaked and shaked", or "rocked and reeled". hills . mountains.

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• Psalms 18:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  7. Then the earth shook. David, convinced that the aid of God, which he had experienced, was of such a character, that it was impossible for him to extol it sufficiently and as it deserved,...

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• Psalms 18:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. Then the earth shook and trembled - "In this and the following verses David describes...

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• Psalms 18:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Then the earth shook, &c.— In this, and the eight following verses, David describes, by the sublimest expressions and grandest terms, the majesty of God, and the awful manner in which he came t...

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• Psalms 18:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

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• Psalms 18:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Of all the Pss. this is the one which can be ascribed with greatest confidence to David. It is found, with some variations, in 2 Samuel 22 , and the title is largely taken from 2 Samuel 22:1 . It c...

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• Psalms 18:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The earth shook. — The sudden burst of the storm is the Divine answer to the sufferer’s prayer. For similar manifestations comp. Psalms 68:7-8 ; Psalms 77:14-20 ; Amos 9:5 ; Micah 1:3 ; Habakk...

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• Psalms 18:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 18:1-50 THE description of the theophany ( Psalms 18:7-19 ) and that of the psalmist's God-won victories ( Psalms 18:32-46 ) appear to refer to the same facts, transfigured in the former ca...

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• Psalms 18:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  a Wonderful Deliverance Psalms 18:1-26 There is another edition of this psalm in 2 Samuel 22:1-51 . Psalms 18:2 ; Psalms 18:2 and Psalms 18:49 are applied in the New Testament to the Lord...

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• Psalms 18:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This is one of the most majestic and beautiful of the worship psalms. It is at once a perfect pattern of praise and therefore a great revelation of the method and might and mercy of God. So clear and...

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• Psalms 18:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The sacred writer seems to have had in view the Lord's descent on Mount Sinai, at the giving of the law. But surely we can discover that what he here delivered was under the spirit of prophecy, in re...

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• Psalms 18:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then the earth shook and trembled ,.... As it did quickly after Christ called upon the Lord, and cried to his God upon the cross, Matthew 27:50 ; and so some time after, when his people were prayi...

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• Psalms 18:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. Ver. 7. Then the earth shook and trembled, &c. ] Upon David's prayer all this...

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• Psalms 18:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  He heard out of his temple Either, 1st, Out of his sanctuary, where he was represented as dwelling between the cherubim, in the most holy place, and where he promised to hear and answer the prayers...

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• Psalms 18:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  David's Triumphs in God; Devout Confidence. To the chief musician, A psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unt...

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• Psalms 18:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Then God appeared on my behalf in a miraculous and glorious manner, and with the great terror and confusion of all mine enemies, which is here compared to an earthquake. The earthquake was so deep an...

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• Psalms 18:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  God Had Intervened On His Behalf ( Psalms 18:7-19 ). David's description of God's intervention portrays the situation from Heaven's point of view. Little was necessarily seen on earth, but David w...

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• Psalms 18:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  INTRODUCTION “This magnificent triumphal hymn was composed by David in celebration of his deliverance from his enemies. But the sublimity of the figures used in it, and the consent of ancient commen...

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• Psalms 18:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Psalms 18:1 . I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. «I do love thee, and I will love thee yet more and more. I bind myself to thee for the future as well as the present.» Psalms 18:2 . The LO...

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• Psalms 18:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  David prays here in his own person, this being a psalm of memorial, when the Lord had delivered him out of the hands of Saul and of all his enemies. But as he ever worshipped with the promise at his...

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• Psalms 18:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Then the earth shook and trembled. Earthquakes, their moral suggestions It is not for us to speculate concerning the physical causes of earthquakes. With the Bible in our hands we are privilege...

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• Psalms 18:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THIS psalm has many characteristics which distinguish it, not only from all that have preceded it in the collection, but from all those which are assigned to David by their titles...

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• Psalms 18:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  A Psalm of Thanksgiving for Deliverance and Victory. To the chief musician, for performance in the liturgical service of the Tabernacle and the Temple, a psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, H...

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• Psalms 18:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 13:2 ; Acts 16:25 ; Acts 16:26 ; Acts 4:31 ; Deuteronomy 32:22 ; Ezekiel 38:19 ; Ezekiel 38:20 ; Habakkuk 3:10 ; Habakkuk 3:6 ; Jeremiah 4:24 ; Matthew 28:2 ; Psalms 46:2 ;...

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• Psalms 18:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Then — Then God appeared on my behalf in a glorious manner, to the terror and confusion of all mine enemies, which is here compared to an earthquake.

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