Psalms 18:7

The paronomasia of the original in the first line might be preserved by rendering, Then the earth did shake and quake.

the foundations&c. Render: And the foundations of the mountains trembled. The strong mountains were shaken to their very bases. Cp. Isaiah 24:18; Habakkuk 3:6. The text in 2 Sam. has "the foundations of heaven;" heaven as well as earth trembled. Its -foundations" may be the mountains on which the vault of heaven seems to rest: cp. "the pillars of heaven" (Job 26:11): or more probably the universe is spoken of as a vast building, without any idea of applying the details of the metaphor precisely.

because he was wroth The coming of Jehovah for the deliverance of His servant is necessarily a coming for the judgment of His enemies; and -wrath" is that attribute of God's character which moves Him to judgment. Cp. Revelation 6:16-17.