Psalms 18:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּצַּר־לִ֤י ׀ אֶֽקֲ‪[c]‬רָ֣א יְהוָה֮ וְאֶל־אֱלֹהַ֢י אֲשַׁ֫וֵּ֥עַ יִשְׁמַ֣ע מֵהֵיכָל֣וֹ קוֹלִ֑י וְ֝שַׁוְעָתִ֗י לְפָנָ֤יו ׀ תָּב֬וֹא בְאָזְנָֽיו׃

Transliteration

In the tsar-to me eqra YHWH and to-Elohay ashave'a yishma from heychalo qoli and shav'ati before him tabo in oznav.

Grammar Details

*tsar*: masculine singular noun with preposition - in distress
*eqra*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will call
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*Elohay*: masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my God
*ashave'a*: piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I will cry out
*yishma*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will hear
*heychalo*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his temple/palace
*qoli*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my voice
*shav'ati*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my cry
*tabo*: qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will come
*oznav*: feminine dual noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his ears

Word Meanings

*tsar*: distress/trouble/anguish
*eqra*: I will call/I will cry out/I will invoke
*ashave'a*: I will cry out/I will call for help/I will plead
*heychalo*: his temple/his palace/his sanctuary
*shav'ati*: my cry/my plea/my call for help

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Referenced Verses

Judg 5:4 : 4 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
Acts 4:31 : 31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
Acts 16:25-26 : 25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
1 Cor 13:2 : 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
Deut 32:22 : 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Ps 46:2 : 2 Therefore will not we fear{H8799)}, though the earth be removed{H8687)}, and though the mountains be carried{H8800)} into the midst of the sea;
Ps 68:7-8 : 7 O God, when thou wentest forth{H8800)} before thy people, when thou didst march{H8800)} through the wilderness; Selah: 8 The earth shook{H8804)}, the heavens also dropped{H8804)} at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Ps 114:4-7 : 4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. 5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
Jer 4:24 : 24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Ezek 38:19-20 : 19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; 20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
Hab 3:6 : 6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
Hab 3:10 : 10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
Zech 14:4 : 4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Matt 28:2 : 2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

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7In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
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8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
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