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Psalm 76:8

You pronounced judgment from heaven. The earth feared, and was silent,

6At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
7You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry?
8You pronounced judgment from heaven. The earth feared, and was silent,
9when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah.
10Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.
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Notice

The earth's silence follows God's judgment from heaven, giving this stillness the weight of fear before the one who rules the earth.

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Where else Scripture says this

9 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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2 Chronicles 20:29–30The fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries when they heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.Both passages describe fear spreading across the earth or its kingdoms in response to God's decisive action.
Habakkuk 2:20But the LORD is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!”Habakkuk commands all the earth to be silent before God; the psalm describes the earth falling silent at his judgment.
Zechariah 2:13Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!”Both passages connect silence before God with his action from his dwelling place.
2 Chronicles 32:20–22Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven.Hezekiah and Isaiah cry to heaven, while the psalm describes judgment pronounced from heaven; the shared thread is heavenward dependence.
Ezekiel 38:20–23so that the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, all creeping things who creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the surface …Both passages portray an earth-wide response to God: fearful silence in the psalm and shaking at his presence in Ezekiel.
1 Chronicles 16:30Tremble before him, all the earth. The world also is established that it can’t be moved.Chronicles commands all the earth to tremble before God, matching the scope of the fear described in the psalm.
Psalm 46:10“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted on the earth.”Both psalms connect stillness across the earth with God's authority over it.
Judges 5:20From the sky the stars fought. From their courses, they fought against Sisera.Both passages look above the earth for decisive action: judgment comes from heaven, and stars fight from the sky against Sisera.
Exodus 19:10The LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,Both texts present God speaking with authority, though Exodus concerns preparation and washing garments rather than judgment and fearful silence.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. praise and worship. sermon or Bible study notes.

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Encouragement

God's judgment is fearful, and the surrounding verses include death in battle. Yet the next line names those he rises to save: the afflicted of the earth.

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