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Psalm 114:7
Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
5What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?
6You mountains, that you skipped like rams? You little hills, like lambs?
7Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.
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The command to tremble addresses the whole earth, confronting you with the majesty of the Lord who is also named as the God of Jacob.
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Jeremiah 5:22Don’t you fear me?’ says the LORD; ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it can’t …Both passages connect trembling with God's presence, and both speak of the sea as subject to his authority.
Psalm 104:32He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.Psalm 114 commands the earth to tremble before the Lord; Psalm 104 describes the earth trembling at his look.
Job 26:11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.Both portray creation trembling before God, with Job describing the pillars of heaven astonished at his rebuke.
Isaiah 64:1–3Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence—God's presence is the shared cause of trembling: Psalm 114 addresses the earth, while Isaiah longs for mountains to quake.
Psalm 96:9Worship the LORD in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth.Both command the whole earth to tremble before the Lord, with Psalm 96 joining that command to worship.
Micah 6:1–2Listen now to what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.Both address the created world: earth is told to tremble, while Micah names mountains and hills as hearers of a case.
Psalm 97:4–5His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.Both portray the earth trembling before God; Psalm 97 describes its response when his lightning lights up the world.
Job 9:6He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.Both connect the earth's trembling with God's power, and Job describes him shaking the earth out of its place.
Psalm 77:18The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.The trembling earth links these passages, with Psalm 77 describing its shaking amid God's thunder and lightning.
Jeremiah 10:10But the LORD is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles. The nations aren’t able to withstand his …Both connect the earth's trembling with God; Jeremiah identifies his wrath as the cause and names him the everlasting King.
Isaiah 5:25Therefore the LORD’s anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead …Both speak of creation trembling before God; Isaiah places the trembling mountains amid his anger and deadly judgment against his people.
Exodus 19:18All of Mount Sinai smoked, because the LORD descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.Both connect God's presence with trembling creation; Exodus describes Mount Sinai quaking when the Lord descends on it in fire.
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