King James Version
Psalms 76:8 in the King James Version says “Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 76 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,”
Psalms 76:8 · KJV
At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“from heaven”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
“to be heard”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“Thou didst cause judgment”
H1779judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife
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