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7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
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He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, …
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which 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?
O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)The psalmist is here remembering the days of old, the years of the right hand of the Most High , and the wonders which their fathers told them of (Jdg. 6:13), for time, as it does not wear out the guilt of sin, so it should not wear out the sense of mercy. Let it never be forgotten, I. That God brought Israel out of the house of bondage with a high hand and a stretched-out arm: Israel went out of…
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