2 Samuel 22:8 (DBY)

Passage

Then the earth shook, and quaked; The foundations of the heavens trembled And shook because he was wroth.

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 22:6 The bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered me;

2 Samuel 22:7 In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And I cried to my God; And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry [came] into his ears.

2 Samuel 22:8 Then the earth shook, and quaked; The foundations of the heavens trembled And shook because he was wroth.

2 Samuel 22:9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals burned forth from it.

2 Samuel 22:10 And he bowed the heavens, and came down; And darkness was under his feet.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "earth", "shook", "quaked", "foundations", "heavens", "trembled", and "wroth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "earth" and "shook", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "In my distress I called upon Jehovah..." into verse 9's "There went up a smoke out of...", so "earth" and "shook" belong inside that flow. In 2 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "earth" and "shook" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.