Psalm 76:8
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,"
Word-by-Word Analysis
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the 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...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
יָרֵא
yârêʼ
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Key Terms in This Verse
עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
the 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 revolve)
Study H8064 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →Cross References
But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
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