Psalms 68:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The earth trembled, The heavens also dropped [rain] at the presence of God: Yon Sinai [trembled] at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֗ים בְּ֭צֵאתְךָ לִפְנֵ֣י עַמֶּ֑ךָ בְּצַעְדְּךָ֖ בִֽישִׁימ֣וֹן סֶֽלָה׃

Transliteration

ʾĕlōhîm bə-ṣēʾtkā lipnê ʿammekā bə-ṣaʿddəkā bî-šîmôn selâ

Grammar Details

*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun with singular meaning - 'God'
*bə-ṣēʾtkā*: preposition בְּ (in/when) + Qal infinitive construct with 2nd masculine singular possessive suffix - 'when you went out'
*lipnê*: preposition לְ (before) + construct of פָּנִים (face) - 'before'
*ʿammekā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular possessive suffix - 'your people'
*bə-ṣaʿddəkā*: preposition בְּ (in/when) + Qal infinitive construct with 2nd masculine singular possessive suffix - 'when you marched'
*bî-šîmôn*: preposition בְּ (in) + masculine singular noun - 'in the desert/wilderness'
*selâ*: musical or liturgical term - 'Selah'

Word Meanings

*ṣēʾtkā*: your going out/your departure
*ṣaʿddəkā*: your marching/your striding/your walking
*šîmôn*: desert/wilderness/wasteland
*selâ*: pause/musical interlude/lift up

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Exod 19:18 : 18 And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Judg 5:4-5 : 4 Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water. 5 The mountains quaked at the presence of Jehovah, Even yon Sinai at the presence of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Exod 19:16 : 16 And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled.
Deut 5:23-25 : 23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 24 and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth. 25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, then we shall die.
Ps 77:18 : 18 The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook.
Ps 114:7 : 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,
Isa 45:3 : 3 and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that it is I, Jehovah, who call thee by thy name, even the God of Israel.
Isa 64:1 : 1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,
Isa 64:3 : 3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence.
Hab 3:13 : 13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou woundest the head out of the house of the wicked man, Laying bare the foundation even unto the neck. Selah.
Heb 12:26 : 26 whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven.
Rev 11:19 : 19 And there was opened the temple of God that is in heaven; and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant; and there followed lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Ps 41:13 : 13 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
Ps 68:35 : 35 O God, [thou art] terrible out of thy holy places: The God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto [his] people. Blessed be God.

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4Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.
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16The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
17The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad.
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Isa 64:1-3
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1Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,
2as when fire kindleth the brushwood, [and] the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
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18And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
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