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Psalm 68:8

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68:8the earth shakes,

yes, the heavens pour down rain

before God, the God of Sinai,16

before God, the God of Israel.17

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Footnotes

  1. 16 Heb “this one of Sinai.” The phrase is a divine title, perhaps indicating that the Lord rules from Sinai.
  2. 17 The language of vv. 7–8 is reminiscent of Judg 5:4–5, which tells how the God of Sinai came in the storm and annihilated the Canaanite forces led by Sisera. The presence of allusion does not mean, however, that this is a purely historical reference. The psalmist is describing God’s typical appearance as a warrior in terms of his prior self-revelation as ancient events are reactualized in the psalmist’s experience. (For a similar literary technique, see Hab 3.)

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,

before God, the One of Sinai,

before God, the God of Israel.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain,

before God, the One of Sinai,

before God, the God of Israel.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

the earth trembled and the skies poured rain

before God, the God of Sinai,

before God, the God of Israel.

NLTNew Living Translation

the earth trembled, and the heavens poured down rain

before you, the God of Sinai,

before God, the God of Israel.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

the earth shook; the heavens also dripped rain

at the presence of God who was at Sinai,

at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

KJV 1900King James Version

The earth shook, the heavens also dropped

At the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved

At the presence of God, the God of Israel.