Let all the earth tremble before him. The world stands firm and cannot be shaken.
Parallel translations
- WEB Tremble before him, all the earth. The world also is established that it can’t be moved.
- KJV Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
- BSB tremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
- NKJV Tremble before Him, all the earth. The world also is firmly established, It shall not be moved.
- NASB Tremble before Him, all the earth; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved.
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Quick answer
Tremble before Him, all the earth; the world stands firm and cannot be moved. God's reign brings both awe and stability.
Overview
The psalm calls the whole earth to reverent trembling before God, who has firmly established the world. His sovereign rule grounds the order and security of creation. The unshakable world under God's hand points to the unshakable kingdom believers receive in Christ, secure against every upheaval.
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- Ps 33:9For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm.
- Heb 1:3His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
- Ps 93:1Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty! Yahweh is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can’t be moved.
- Rev 11:15The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”
- Ps 148:5–6Let them praise Yahweh’s name, For he commanded, and they were created.
- 1 Chr 16:23Sing to Yahweh, all the earth! Display his salvation from day to day.
- Ps 96:9Worship Yahweh in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth.
- Col 1:17He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
- Isa 49:8Yahweh says, “In an acceptable time I have answered you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you. I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage:
- Jer 10:12He has made the earth by his power. he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens.
- 1 Chr 16:25For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised. He also is to be feared above all gods.
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