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Psalms 18:7

God's power and sovereignty

5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

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

8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

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BSB
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
KJV
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
WEB
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
ASV
Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
DARBY
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled and shook, because he was wroth.
BLB
And the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the hills trembled; and they were shaken because of the burning from Him.
ÅB
Da ristet og skalv jorden,
og fjellenes grunnvoller skalv,
og de ristet,
for hans vrede var tent opp.
OTB
Da skalv og rystet jorden;
Og fjellenes grunnvoller skalv
Og ble beveget, fordi han var vred.
B1930
Da rystet og bevet jorden, og fjellenes grunnvoller skalv, og de rystet, for hans vrede var optendt.

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  • Acts 4:31

    And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

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  • Psalms 68:7–8

    O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:

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  • Ezekiel 38:19–20

    For 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;

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  • Jeremiah 4:24

    I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

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  • Acts 16:25–26

    And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

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  • Judges 5:4

    LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:22

    For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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  • Zechariah 14:4

    And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

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