Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; The earth feared, and was still,
From heaven Thou hast sounded judgment, Earth hath feared, and hath been still,
Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from the heavens; the earth feared, and was still,
Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
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From heaven thou didst make judgment to be heard. Thou didst speak from heaven, all the people heard and trembled: and yet they did not believe in thee. The earth feared and was still. But Israel neither feared nor was still.
Jerome· Homily 9, on Psalm 75, 420patristic
Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Ver. 8. Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven. So complete an overthrow was evidently a judgment from heaven; those who saw it not, yet heard the report of it, and said, "This is the finger of God." Man will not hear God's voice if he can help it, but God takes care to cause it to be heard. The echoes of that judgment executed on the haughty Assyrian are heard still, and will ring on down all the ages, to the praise of divine justice. The earth feared and was still.
Thou - Didst execute judgment upon thine enemies, by an angel from heaven: which is said to be heard, either because it was accompanied with thunders and earthquakes, or because the fame of it was quickly spread abroad.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical
The righteous God long seems to keep silence, yet, sooner or later, he will make judgment to be heard. (4.) When God is speaking judgment from heaven it is time for the earth to compose itself into an awful and reverent silence: The earth feared and was still, as silence is made by proclamation when the court sits.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
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Habakkuk 2:20But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
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Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.
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“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
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Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
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Zechariah 2:13Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
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But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
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But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
And the fear of God came upon all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel.
Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.
Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.
In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,
tremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that crawls upon the ground, and all mankind on the face of the earth will tremble at My presence. The mountains will be thrown down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.
“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes
Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
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