2 Samuel 22:8

shook and trembled The paronomasia of the original may be preserved by translating, and the earth did shake and quake.

the foundations of heaven The mountains on which the vault of heaven seems to rest: cp. "the pillars of heaven" (Job 26:11): or perhaps the universe is regarded as a vast building, without any precise application of the details of the metaphor. See note on 1 Samuel 2:8. For heavenPsalms 18:7 reads "the mountains."