Psalms 114:7

What does Psalms 114:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 114:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

From before the Lord be afraid, O earth, From before the God of Jacob,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of theGod of Jacob,

Context

v.6Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye little hills, like lambs?

v.7This passage

v.8Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 77:18

    The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook.

  • Isaiah 64:1

    Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,

  • Psalms 97:4

    His lightnings lightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled.

  • Psalms 104:32

    Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.

  • Jeremiah 5:22

    Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.

  • Job 9:6

    That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;

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