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Psalm 77:18
The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.
16The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.
17The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.
18The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.
19Your way was through the sea, your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.
20You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
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Thunder has a voice here, and the ground itself shakes, confronting the reader with a God whose might exceeds everything that seems solid.
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Psalm 97:4His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.Both passages describe lightning lighting up the world and the earth trembling before God.
Exodus 19:16On the third day, when it was morning, there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and …Thunder and lightning fill both scenes, with the earth trembling in the psalm and the people trembling at the mountain.
Psalm 29:7The LORD’s voice strikes with flashes of lightning.Both passages connect God’s voice with the storm, naming lightning as part of its display.
Psalm 114:7Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,Psalm 77 describes the earth trembling before God; Psalm 114 commands the earth to tremble at his presence.
2 Samuel 22:8Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.Both describe the earth shaking and trembling, though Samuel names God’s anger as the cause.
Psalm 68:8The earth trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai— at the presence of God, the God of Israel.Both portray the earth trembling in a storm scene associated with God’s presence.
Revelation 11:19God’s temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the Lord’s covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great …Lightning, thunder, and shaking earth mark both scenes, with Revelation locating these signs at the opening of God’s heavenly temple.
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 texts describe the earth trembling before God; Jeremiah connects that trembling with the living King’s wrath.
Exodus 9:23Moses stretched out his rod toward the heavens, and the LORD sent thunder and hail; and lightning flashed down to the earth. The LORD rained hail on the land …Both passages attribute thunder and lightning to God, while Exodus describes them striking Egypt along with hail.
Matthew 28:2Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky and came and rolled away the stone from the door and sat on it.The shared detail is shaking earth: Psalm 77 describes it amid thunder, while Matthew reports an earthquake as the Lord’s angel descends.
2 Samuel 22:14The LORD thundered from heaven. The Most High uttered his voice.Both passages identify thunder with God’s voice, presenting the sound as an expression of his might.
Judges 5:4“LORD, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.Both describe the earth trembling as God acts, with storm imagery surrounding the shaking ground.
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The thunder belongs to the God who led his people like a flock. His might remains fearsome; the surrounding lines tell of his care for his people.
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