Psalms 68:8

The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 68:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The earth shook - See Exodus 19:16-18 . The heavens also dropped at the presence of God - That is, dropped down rain and food. The idea is t...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXVIII. A Song of Triumph. The most difficult of all the Pss. In some places the text is so corrupt that it defies any attempt at emendation, and t...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

dropped: i.e. dropped [moisture].
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The earth shook, &c.— When the people arrived at Sinai, and God descended on the mountain, the earth trembled at his presence; the heavens als...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: -God's doings for His people in the wil...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is one of the grandest of the Pss., but its origin and date are involved in much obscurity. It contains expressions borrowed from the Blessing o...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The heavens also dropped ] in the rain which accompanied the thunderstorms of Sinai: see Psalms 77:17 .
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 68:1-35 THIS superb hymn is unsurpassed, if not unequalled, in grandeur, lyric fire, and sustained rush of triumphant praise. It celebrates...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Leader of His People Psalms 68:1-11 This is one of the grandest odes in literature. It was probably composed when the Ark was brought in tr...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This psalm sings the praise of the God of deliverances. It opens with a song of pure praise (verses Psa 68:1-6). This is then justified by a review o...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is a magnificent description, though in few words, of that great event which the church in all ages desires to keep in remembrance, namely, God'...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The earth shook ,.... Not only about Sinai, but in other places; see Psalms 114:1 . It may also design the dread and trembling of the inhabitants o...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: [even] Sinai itself [was moved] at the presence of God, the God of Israel. Ver. 8...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people In the cloudy pillar, as their captain, leading them out of Egypt; the earth shook Or, tremble...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Thankful Praises to God; Mercies Recollected. 7 O God, when thou went...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The earth; either, 1. Metonymically, the inhabitants of those parts of the earth, by comparing Exodus 15:14 . Or, 2. Properly, by comparing...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the Chief Musician .” See Introduction to Psalms 57 . “ A Psalm or Song of David .” See Introduction to Psalms...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This was a Psalm sung, at the removing of the ark, when it was taken up to its resting-place on Mount Zion. All the tribes were gathered together, an...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm is the Carmen seculare of the Hebrews, and far surpasses the Te Deum of the christians. It has justly been eulogized in the whole succ...
The Biblical Illustrator

O God, when Thou wentest forth before Thy people, when Thou didst march through the wilderness. The progress of humanity I. It commences with t...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm is one of triumphant praise and jubilation, the crown and gem of the Second Book. Professor Cheyne calls it "a patriotic...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of the Messiah's Exaltation. To the chief musician, a psalm or song of David, the event which was the immediate cause for writing this powerful hy...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

the earth shook, in a mighty earthquake, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God, their heavy storm-clouds coming down to rest upon the mou...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 5:23-25 ; Exodus 19:16 ; Exodus 19:18 ; Habakkuk 3:13 ; Hebrews 12:26 ; Isaiah 45:3 ; Isaiah 64:1 ; Isaiah 64:3 ; Judges 5:4 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Dropped — Poured down great showers, which accompanied those mighty thunders.

⁸ The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 68:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 68:8